commandment

英 [kəˈmɑːndmənt]

美 [kəˈmændmənt]

n. 诫条(尤指《圣经》中上帝给犹太人的十诫之一)

BNC.15094 / COCA.14661

牛津词典

noun

诫条（尤指《圣经》中上帝给犹太人的十诫之一）
a law given by God, especially any of the Ten Commandments given to the Jews in the Bible

N-COUNT (《圣经·旧约》十诫中的)一诫
The Ten Commandmentsare the ten rules of behaviour which, according to the Old Testament of the Bible, people should obey.
1. The eighth commandment is 'Thou shalt not steal'.
  第八诫是“不可偷盗”。

noun

a doctrine that is taught
1. the teachings of religion
2. he believed all the Christian precepts
Synonym:teachingprecept
something that is commanded

This is the first and greatest commandment.
这是诫命中的第一，且是最大的。
What is the first commandment the LORD God gave us?
上帝给你们的第一戒律是什么？
Joseph in the time of his distress kept the commandment, and he was made lord of Egypt.
若瑟在患难中遵守了诫命，然后才作了埃及的主人。
The third commandment forbids all profaning and abusing of any thing wherby God makes himself known.
第三诫命禁止我们亵渎与妄用，凡神藉以彰显自己的任何事物。
Which commandment did he break, stealing or murder?
他犯了哪条戒律，偷窃还是谋杀？
Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight?
你为什么藐视耶和华的命令，行他眼中看为恶的事呢。
Rom.7:12 So then the law is holy, and the commandment holy and righteous and good.
罗七12这样看来，律法是圣的，诫命也是圣的、义的并善的。
The Fifth Commandment is'Humor thy father and mother. '
第五戒是“幽默你的父亲和母亲”。
For all these things are to be done because of the commandment of God.
因为这一切，为了天主的诫命，都应当执行。
The commandment of knowledge is yet higher than the commandment over the will.
知识的戒律仍然高于意志的戒律。