orthodox

英 ['??θ?d?ks] 美['?rθ?dɑks]

反義詞

IELTSGRE考研中低頻詞常用詞匯

1、ortho- "right, true, correct" + dox-.

orthodox 正統(tǒng)的

ortho-,正確的，-dox,觀念，思想，詞源同doctor,dogma.

orthodox: orthodox: [16] Greek orthós meant ‘straight, correct’ (it enters into numerous English compounds, including orthography ‘correct spelling’ [15] and orthopaedic [19]). Greek dóxa meant ‘opinion’; it was derived from the verb dokein ‘think’. Put them together and you got orthódoxos ‘having the right opinion’, which passed into English via ecclesiastical Latin orthodoxus.
orthodox (adj.): mid-15c., of opinions, faith, from Late Latin orthodoxus, from Greek orthodoxos "having the right opinion," from orthos "right, true, straight" (see ortho-) + doxa "opinion, praise," from dokein "to seem," from PIE root *dek- "to take, accept" (see decent). As the name of the Eastern Church, first recorded in English 1772; in reference to a branch of Judaism, first recorded 1853.

1. It doesn't sound exactly orthodox, if I may say so.: 恕我直言，那聽(tīng)起來(lái)不太符合常規(guī)。

2. Payne gained a reputation for sound, if orthodox, views.: 雖然觀點(diǎn)正統(tǒng)，但佩恩合乎情理的見(jiàn)解還是令他為人稱道。

3. Karouzos's poetry shows a profound preoccupation with the Orthodox Church.: 卡魯佐斯的詩(shī)歌表明他對(duì)東正教的執(zhí)著。

4. These people are predominantly Russian Orthodox by religion.: 這些人大多是俄羅斯東正教信徒.