ordain的读音是：英[??'de?n]。ordain的英英释义是Verb:order by virtue of superior authority; decree;"The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews""the legislature enacted this law in appoint to a clerical posts;"he was ordained in the Church"invest with ministerial or priestly authority;"The minister was ordained only last month"issue an order。ordain的意思是vt.任命；授以圣职；命令；注定；vi.颁发命令。
一、词典解释点此查看ordain的详细内容
1.授予…圣职;任命…为神职人员
When someoneis ordained, they are made a member of the clergy in a religious ceremony.
e.g. He was ordained a Catholic priest in 1982...
他于1982年被任命为天主教司铎。
e.g. Women have been ordained for many years in the Church of Scotland...
苏格兰长老会多年前就已开始任命女性担任圣职。
2.规定；决定；主宰
If some authority or powerordains something, they decide that it should happen or be in existence.
e.g. Destiny has ordained that they are who they are...
命运已经决定了他们的性格为人。
e.g. His rule was ordained by heaven...
他的统治乃是天命。
二、网络解释
1. 任命：圣职任命圣职任命(ordain)的六个弟子(disciple)是 匝凯. zacheus 纳塔乃耳. nathanael 若瑟
2. 注定：orchitis 睾丸炎 |ordain 注定 | ordeal 严酷考验
3. 委托......为牧师：open air Mass露天弥撒 |ordain委托......为牧师 | Orthodox东正教的
4. 命运注定：orciprenaline 间羟异丙肾上腺素 |ordain 命运注定 | orderaboutmanipulate 摆布
三、例句
He was an ordained priest.
他被委任为牧师。
She was ordained the first woman priest of her church.
她被委任为她教会的第一位女牧师。
The emperor ordained that all foreigners be expelled.
皇帝下令将所有外国人驱逐出境。
The judge ordained that he should pay the debts.
判决由他偿还债务。
Fate had ordained that he should die in poverty.
命中注定他得死于贫困。
四、词汇搭配
五、经典引文
He was..ordained deacon and priest by the Bishop of Oxford.
出自：D. Cupittordain的相关近义词
order、decree、command、rule、determine、enact、proclaim、lay down、adjudge、establish、direct、authorize、bid、dictate、decide、instruct、sanction、nominate、destine、hallow、commission、consecrate、ordinate
ordain的相关临近词
ordeal、ORD、ordainable、ordain death、Ordained rabbi、Ordained priest、Ordained clergy、Ordained minister