每日N词[20160110]

This battlefield is consecrated to the memory of the soldiers who died here.

这个战场纪念那些英勇牺牲在此的战士。

因为缅怀那些牺牲的战士，人们对这个战场充满了敬意。

▷consecrate [ˈkɑ:nsɪkreɪt]

Consecrate means to make holy or to dedicate to a higher purpose. You need to consecrate a building to turn it into a church, but you can also consecrate a week in New York City to the pursuit of the perfect bagel[硬面包圈].

vt. 把…奉为神圣，给…祝圣;奉献，献祭;使就圣职;举行圣体礼使;

adj. 神圣的; 被献给神的;

What experience does is merely to confirm and consecrate our confident dream.

经验之作用无非在于把我们充满自信心的梦境肯定下来,奉为神圣不可侵犯而已.