tikkun olam

短语

发音

/tiˈkuːn ʌˈlɑːm/

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The value, prominent in Liberal Judaism, of helping and bettering society as a whole.

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词源

Borrowed from Hebrew תִּקּוּן עוֹלָם (tikún olám, literally “repairing the world”). The Hebrew phrase has been used to refer to a variety of things through Jewish history, including the elimination of idolatry.

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