gentile

英 [ˈdʒentaɪl]

美 [ˈdʒentaɪl]

n.  非犹太人; 外邦人(犹太人对非犹太人的通称)
adj.  非犹太人的，异教徒的，非摩门教徒的

复数：gentiles　

BNC.17620 / COCA.30013

牛津词典

noun

• 非犹太人；外邦人（犹太人对非犹太人的通称）
  a person who is not Jewish

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 非犹太人
  also gentile. AGentileis a person who is not Jewish.
  1. Gentileis also an adjective.
     
  2. ...a flood of Jewish and Gentile German refugees.
     大批犹太与非犹太裔德国难民

英英释义

noun

• a Christian
  1. Christians refer to themselves as gentiles
• a Christian as contrasted with a Jew
  Synonym:non-Jewgoy
• a person who is not a member of one's own religion
• a person who does not acknowledge your god
  Synonym:heathenpaganinfidel

adj

• belonging to or characteristic of non-Jewish peoples

双语例句

• With this as its basic constitution, civilization achieved things of which gentile society was not even remotely capable.
  以这种基本制度为基础的文明时代，完成了古代氏族社会完全做不到的事情。
• But this tore a breach in the old gentile order; the single family became a power, and its rise was a menace to the gens.
  但是这样一来，在古代的氏族制度中就出现了一个裂口：个体家庭已经成为一种力量，并且以威胁的姿态起来与氏族对抗了。
• The new status of the Gentile believers is now described as ordained to eternal life.
  外帮信徒的新状态现在被描述为预定得永生的人。
• Esther was a Jew who married a Gentile and saved her own nation.
  以斯帖则是嫁给外邦人的犹太女子，并因此救了她的民族。
• Are you a jew? Or have you become a gentile?
  你是犹太人吗？还是变成了非犹太人？
• We, have now traced the dissolution of the gentile constitution in the three great instances of the greeks, the romans, and the germans.
  我们已经根据希腊人、罗马人和德意志人这三大实例，探讨了氏族制度的解体。
• But it is difficult to determine what gentile name was borne by married women.
  但是，确定已婚妇女的血族名称却成了一种困难。
• Here the American Indians must serve as our example we find the gentile constitution fully formed.
  这一阶段应当以美洲红种人为例；在这一阶段上，我们发现了已经充分发达的氏族制度。
• The wide extent of the kingdom could not be governed with the means provided by the old gentile constitution;
  由于王国幅员广阔，就不能利用旧的氏族制度的手段来管理了；
• So he was apparently a God-fearing Gentile, and somewhat wealthy.
  这表示他是个敬拜神的外邦人，也相当有钱。