voice in the wilderness

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词形变化

voices in the wilderness 复数 voices in the wilderness

别名

call in the wilderness cry in the wilderness voice calling in the wilderness voice crying in the wilderness

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A person, publication, or other source of assertions that expresses an opinion, doctrine, or point of view which is ignored or rejected by almost all others; the actual utterance of an unpopular opinion, doctrine, or point of view.

    习语

    When Justice Denied’s first issue was published in February 1999 it was a ‘voice in the wilderness’ alerting the world to the widespread problem of the unreliability of the legal system.

    The nation was a mess environmentally, and only a few voices in the wilderness were paying heed. In 1970, environmentalists often were derided and dismissed.

  2. 2.

    An influential religious personage, especially one who makes prophetic utterances.

    习语 罕用

    Zhang again acted as a Confucian prophetic voice in the wilderness who called the people to truth.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 4

advocate proponent exponent advocator

词源

From the Biblical accounts of John the Baptist, as in the Gospel of Mark, 1:2–4: "Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. John did baptize in the wilderness." (King James Version).

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