vestal

英式音标：['vestl]

美式音标：['vestəl]

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概况：

adj. 纯洁的，处女的；女灶神的

n. 处女，贞女；修女

n. (Vestal)人名；(英)维斯塔尔

词义：

adj.

女灶神的，贞洁的，处女的；

n.

处女，修女；

英英释义

vestal[ 'vestəl ]

n.a chaste woman

adj.

of or relating to Vesta

"vestal virgin"

in a state of sexual virginity

"pure and vestal modesty"

同义词：purevirginvirginalvirtuous

用法：

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

The vestal virgin was leaving for the coast.
炉火女神正要离开前往海边。

用作名词(n.)

How happy is the blameless vestal!
纯洁的维斯塔处女是多么快乐！

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同义词：white,stainless,sister,pure

英语词源：

vestal (adj.)

"chaste, pure, virgin," 1590s, originally (early 15c.) "belonging to or dedicated to Vesta," Roman goddess of hearth and home, from Latin vestalis. The noun is recorded from 1570s, short for Vestal virgin, one of four (later six) priestesses (Latin virgines Vestales) in charge of the sacred fire in the temple of Vesta in Rome. From 1580s in reference to any virgin or chaste woman.

They entered the service of the goddess at from six to ten years of age, their term of service lasting thirty years. They were then permitted to retire and to marry, but few did so, for, as vestals, they were treated with great honor, and had important public privileges. Their persons were inviolable, any offense against them being punished with death, and they were treated in all their relations with the highest distinction and reverence. A vestal who broke her vow of chastity was immured alive in an underground vault amid public mourning. There were very few such instances; in one of them, under Domitian, the chief of the vestals was put to death under a false charge trumped up by the emperor.

造句：

1. Vestal virgins. I can see them.

我仿佛能够看见她们。

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2. Thee Vestal Virgins lived at the Forum as well.

[6]维斯塔贞女也居住在古罗马广场。

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3. Vestal looked up to see Belfred crooking a finger from the half darkness of the hall.

薇思德一抬头，看见白菲瑞达在半明半暗的门厅里弯弯手指招她过去。

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4. Vestal looked up to see Belfreda crooking a finger from the half-darkness of the hall.

薇思德一抬头，看见白菲瑞达在半明半暗的门厅里弯弯手指招她过去。

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5. Livia was appointed a priestess in Augustus' newly established cult and, like a vestal, the right to a lictor when she performed her duties.

利维娅被任命为新设立的奥古斯都祭司，并且如同维斯塔贞女一样在履行公务的时候享有扈从跟随的荣耀。

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6. Agency investigators wrote a report on Vestal and then the FDA took more three years to begin the disciplinary process, allowing Vestal to work on additional trials.

政府调查人员写了一份有关他的报告，而FDA进行纪律处分却用了三年多的时间，在这期间一直允许Vestal进行其他的临床试验。

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7. Agency investigators wrote a report on Vestal and then the FDA took more three years to begin the disciplinary process, allowing Vestal to work on additional trials.

政府调查人员写了一份有关他的报告，而FDA进行纪律处分却用了三年多的时间，在这期间一直允许Vestal进行其他的临床试验。

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