baptism by fire

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A rite of passage through the survival or success of a crisis or ordeal.
    — The new folks really get put through a baptism by fire, to start doing a stressful job with so little training.

词形变化

baptisms by fire plural baptism of fire alternative

词源

From the Bible, Matthew 3:11, John the Baptist said... "and He shall baptize you in the Holy Spirit and in fire."
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