gospel
gospel
noun
语源
noun
- the teaching or revelation of Christ
（救世主的）教义；启示
it is the Church's mission to preach the gospel.
宣扬教义是教堂的职责。
■(亦作 gospel truth)[mass noun]a thing that is absolutely true
绝对真理；毋庸置疑的事物
they say it's sold out, but don't take that as gospel.
他们说卖完了，但也不一定就是确切的。
■a set of principles or beliefs
准则；信念
the new economics unit has produced what it reckons to be the approved gospel.
新经济学教学单元已经推出了它认为已得到大家认可的准则。 - (Gospel)the record of Christ's life and teaching in the first four books of the New Testament
（《圣经•新约》前4卷中对）耶稣生活和传教的记录
■each of these books
福音书（《圣经•新约》前4卷中的任一卷）
■a portion from one of these read at a church service
（布道时读的）福音书中的一节 - The four Gospels ascribed to St Matthew, St Mark, St Luke, and St John all give an account of the ministry, crucifixion, and resurrection of Christ, though the Gospel of John differs greatly from the other three. There are also several apocryphal gospels of later date
- (亦作 gospel music)[mass noun]a fervent style of black American evangelical religious singing, developed from spirituals sung in Southern Baptist and Pentecostal Churches
福音音乐（美国黑人福音传教吟唱，风格热烈，由南方浸礼会教和五旬节派教堂所唱的圣歌发展而来）
语源
- Old English gōdspel, from gōd 'good' + spel 'news, a story' (see spell), translating ecclesiastical Latin bona annuntiatio or bonus nuntius, used to gloss ecclesiastical Latin evangelium, from Greek euangelion 'good news' (see evangel); after the vowel was shortened in Old English, the first syllable was mistaken for god 'God'
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