original sin

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Adam's disobedience to God. countable,uncountable
  2. The state of sinfulness, present in each human from birth, which is a result of Adam's disobedience. countable,uncountable
    — I vvas baptized in thy Cordiall vvater, againſt Original ſinne, and I haue drunke of thy Cordiall Blood, for my recouerie, from actuall, and habituall ſinne, in the other Sacrament.
  3. The misdeed partially or entirely responsible for all of the similar ones after it. countable,figuratively,uncountable
    — The dim-wits hardly realize that they come pretty close to accusing God of advocating ritual murder, when they use the Biblical story to prove the “original sin” of the Jews.

词形变化

original sins plural

词源

Calque of Latin peccātum orīgināle, a phrase used by 4th-century Berber theologian and saint Augustine of Hippo in his interpretations of the Bible.
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