separate the sheep from the goats

短语

分辨善恶,区分好坏

词形变化

separates the sheep from the goats 三单 separating the sheep from the goats 现在分词 separated the sheep from the goats 过去式 separated the sheep from the goats 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To divide the members of a group into those that are superior and those that are inferior.

词源

From the New Testament discourse of the Sheep and the Goats, particularly Matthew 25:32–33: “And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.”

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