ordain

verb

/ɔːˈdeɪn/

/ɔːrˈdeɪn/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they ordain	/ɔːˈdeɪn/ /ɔːrˈdeɪn/
he / she / it ordains	/ɔːˈdeɪnz/ /ɔːrˈdeɪnz/
past simple ordained	/ɔːˈdeɪnd/ /ɔːrˈdeɪnd/
past participle ordained	/ɔːˈdeɪnd/ /ɔːrˈdeɪnd/
-ing form ordaining	/ɔːˈdeɪnɪŋ/ /ɔːrˈdeɪnɪŋ/

ordain somebody | ordain somebody (as) something to make somebody a priest, minister or rabbi授予圣秩（品）；授予圣职
- He was ordained (as) a priest last year.他去年被授以神父圣职。
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(formal) (of God, the law or fate神、法律或命运) to order or command something; to decide something in advance主宰；掌握；规定
- ordain that… Fate had ordained that they would never meet again.他们命里注定永远不会再相见。
- it is ordained that… It was ordained that the property should be returned to the original owner.财产应该归还给原来的主人。
- (be) ordained by somebody You should keep to the law as ordained by God.你应该遵守上帝规定的法律。

词源Middle English (also in the sense ‘put in order’): from Anglo-Norman French ordeiner, from Latin ordinare, from ordo, ordin- ‘row, series, rank’.