Vocabulary

christen, chasten, chastity

Korean 마스크맨 2015. 12. 14. 00:05

christen: 세례명을 주다. (기본 뜻)

           이름을 짓다, ~을 처음 사용하다.


to ​call a ​person, esp. a ​baby, a ​Christian through the ​ceremony of ​baptism and by naming the ​person:
The ​parents christened ​their second ​child Maria.
 If a ​ship is christened, it is ​officially given ​its name:
The First ​Lady christened the ​ship, “USS Arizona.”
If you christen something new, you use it for the first ​time:
I’m going to christen my new ​golf clubs this ​week
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------chasten: (잘못하고 있다는 것을) 깨우치게 하다                                                    각성시키다.
to make someone ​understand that they have ​failed or done something ​wrong and make them ​want to ​improve:
He was chastened by the ​defeat and ​determined to ​work harder.
The Celtics, after giving up a ​lead in the fourth ​quarter and ​losing the ​game, were a ​pretty chastened bunch afterwards.
-------------------------------------------------------------------chastity: 순결
the ​state of not having ​sexual relationships or never having had ​sex:
As a ​monk, he took ​vows of chastity, ​poverty, and ​obedience.
(수도사로서, 그는 순결, 청빈, 순종에 대한 맹세를 했
다)