| 词汇 | commandment |
| 释义 | commandment noun[ C ] uk /kəˈmɑːnd.mənt/ us /kəˈmænd.mənt/ often literary an order, especially one of the Ten Commandments命令，指示 Instructions and orders as per instructionsidiom brief briefing briefing paper charge clarion call command counter-order diktat doctor's orders fiat imperatively interdict marching orders orders are ordersidiom talk talk someone through something unbriefed walkthrough word 'I suppose it is because he breaks the commandments. First he gave them laws, beginning with the Ten Commandments and ending with the Golden Rule, and then established courts where laws could be faithfully administered. In the Torah there are ten commandments concerning retribution for murder, which would not be possible to enforce at the present time and under existing conditions of the world. It was better to have a real captain who was a scoundrel, than a man who knew nothing but kept the Commandments. What is more extraordinary is that they did keep God's commandments for the rest of their lives. Commandment | American DictionaryCommandment noun[ C ] us/kəˈmænd·mənt/ any of the ten important rules of behavior that the Bible says were given by God to Moses Examples of commandmentcommandment Despite the students' own expectations of consensus, interpretations of the commandments showed wide ranges of variation, with little evidence of consensus. They have a spottier record on the second commandments, those associated with errors of omission. Each nation wanted to know what was in it first, or heard some of the commandments and rejected it. He gave orders to the other parts and the limbs of the body to abide by the commandments of the heart. After all, the commandment does not necessarily forbid all art, but only the creation of objects of worship. According to the final commandment, anyone who did not agree with all the preceding commandments should automatically be regarded as a traitor. What is the relation between the two commandments? Appropriate feelings of satisfaction and respect will develop with the practicing of the commandments. It knows only concrete commandments, in part positive godly prescripts, in part natural right statements that arise from the essence of the matter. The explanation tacitly accepted is the inability to keep the collective commandments (' ' thou shalt not ' '). This is the greatest and the first commandment. The paper emphasized the duty to obey the caliph both by religious commandment and in view of the waning strength of the empire. It is the pause from the 'beginning' theme that adds meaning to the commandment; then, the quick iterations suggest a swirl of 'creative' activity. And they do not govern according to the commandment to maintain the common good and brotherly unity among us. By choosing to grant the writ on the return of ' special commandment ' it was attempting - unsuccessfully as it turned out - to insulate itself from this charge. See all examples of commandment These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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