词组 | god |
释义 | god /ɡɒd $ ɡɑːd/ noun 1. the spirit or being who Christians, Jews, Muslims etc pray to, and who they believe created the universeThis sense is usually written with a capital letter as God.verbsbelieve in God Do you believe in God?pray to God They prayed to God for forgiveness.worship God (=show love and respect for God) On this day, people worship God and thank Him for the harvest.praise God They came to the church to praise God.find God (=start to believe in God) He was an armed robber before he found God.God exists I believe that God exists.phrasesbelief/faith in God About one third of the population has no belief in God. | Her faith in God helped her deal with her illness.God’s will/the will of God (=what God wants to happen) He believed it was God’s will that they should suffer.Almighty God/God Almighty (=used to emphasize God’s power) He swore by Almighty God to tell the truth.the word of God (=what God says) Missionaries travelled the world to tell people the word of God.a gift from God Life is a gift from God.God’s existence/the existence of God Philosophers argued about the existence of God.2. a male spirit who is believed by some religions to control the world or part of it, or who represents a particular qualityadjectivesa Greek/Roman/Egyptian/Norse god Janus is one of the most important Roman gods.prepositionsthe god of sth Eros is the Greek god of love.THESAURUS: god goddess a female god: Artemis was the Greek goddess of the moon. deity a god. Deity is more formal than god: Ganesh is a Hindu deity. | There were statues of Roman deities. | He was the supreme deity (=the most important and most powerful god). idol a picture or statue that people pray to as a god: a bronze idolsomeone who does not believe in God atheist someone who believes that God does not exist: Her father was an atheist and he did not want a church funeral. | Professor Dawkins is well known for his atheist views. agnostic someone who believes that people cannot know whether God exists or not: He was an agnostic rather than an atheist. |
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