ordain

• 动词，指正式任命某人担任宗教职务，也指依法或依权力规定、命令某事。

A verb used to indicate the act of officially appointing someone to a religious office or decreeing something by law or authority.

1. Decree or orderC1formal

   To officially order or establish something by law or authority.

   规定

   • The king ordained that all citizens must pay a new tax.
   • The council ordained new regulations for public safety.
   • The law ordains that everyone must wear a seatbelt.

   同义词commanddecreedictateenactestablishlegislatemandateorderprescribe

2. Appoint to clergyB2formal

   To formally invest someone with the authority of a priest, minister, or other religious leader.

   授予圣职

   • The bishop ordained three new priests at the ceremony.
   • He was ordained as a minister in the church last year.
   • She felt called to be ordained and serve her community.

   同义词commissionconsecrateinductinstallinvest

3. Predestine or determineC2formal

   To predetermine or decide something in advance, often by fate or a higher power.

   注定

   • Fate ordained that they would meet again.
   • It seemed ordained that he would become a leader.
   • The stars ordained a prosperous future for the kingdom.

   同义词decreedestinedeterminefateforeordainpredestinepredetermine