guess
divine【导航词义:猜测】
guess v. 猜,猜测
〔辨析〕普通用词,指仅凭个人主观臆断进行猜测,不确定且没有什么根据,多属碰运气。
〔例证〕
I'd guess that you are 50.
我猜你50岁了。
Can you guess my weight?
你能猜出我有多重吗?
Guess what is in my hand.
猜猜我手里的是什么。
divine v. 〈文〉猜出
〔辨析〕指神奇地猜出、猜中。
〔例证〕
Can you divine what my first thought was?
你猜得出我的第一个念头是什么吗?
Somehow, the kids had divined that he was lying.
不知怎么地,孩子们猜出了他在撒谎。
sacred
divine
holy【导航词义:神圣的】
sacred adj. 神圣的
〔辨析〕指与上帝、神或宗教有关,因而是神圣而不容亵渎的,也可表示被普遍视为神圣及深受尊重的。
〔例证〕
A church is a sacred building.
教堂是神圣的建筑物。
In India the cow is considered sacred.
在印度,牛是神圣的动物。
What is sacred to you?
对你来说什么是神圣的?
divine adj. 神的,神圣的
〔辨析〕指来源于神或上帝的,或与神或上帝有关的,强调非人世间所有的。
〔例证〕
divine power/peac
神力/天赐的和平
They were not human any more, but two spirits united by a divine fire.
他们已不再是凡人,而是由神火融合在一起的两个精灵。
These people believed that the civil war was a divine punishment.
那些人认为内战是上天的惩罚。
holy adj. 神圣的
〔辨析〕指与上帝或某一宗教有关的,可与 sacred 换用。
〔例证〕
This is a holy/sacred place to them.
对他们来说,这里是一处圣地。
They believe in the miraculous power of holy/sacred relics.
他人相信圣物的神奇力量。