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nounPlural mysteries ˈmɪst(ə)riˈmɪst(ə)ri 1Something that is difficult or impossible to understand or explain. 神秘的事物；难以理解的事物；谜 the mysteries of outer space 外层空间之谜。 what happened after he left home that day remains a mystery Example sentencesExamples - I've left you a couple of phone messages and emails and assume that you will explain the mystery of the disappearing diaries to me at some point.
- The struggles of the American writer to explain the deep mysteries of the British character are pure joy.
- And yet we never cease trying to explain the mystery of sport: why it means so much to so many and why we are so curious about those who succeed at it.
- However all was explained and the mystery was solved very quickly.
- That lack of success has always been something of a mystery, and there are various unproven hypotheses to explain away the mystery.
- Indeed, his Japanese publisher has been so inundated by bemused readers that they have set up a website to explain some of the mysteries of the book.
- I wish someone would explain to me the mystery behind gas pricing.
- Many theories have been given to explain the extraordinary mystery of these missing ships and planes.
- And the trouble is that there does not seem to be any impartial source that can explain these mysteries to me, without having a personal agenda!
- Perhaps the dominant colour scheme will be amber and that explains the mystery.
- Well I have no idea and I think the mystery will never be explained, but now do you see how easy it is for me to get mixed up.
- Once that is understood, other mysteries solve themselves.
- All it requires is a flicker of disorientation, an unexpected jolt, or an encounter with a mystery too spooky to explain, and it's off.
- I cannot explain the mystery of what went wrong.
- Two leading theories explain the population mystery.
- Science has gained much through the years but has stopped short in its attempts to understand the ultimate mystery of life.
- Contrary to public perceptions, science can help understand and explain the mysteries of emotion.
- When we came to understand the customs of this extraordinary people the mystery was explained.
- They're looking to solve the mystery, and there are a lot of questions that are unanswered right now.
- The technique of the mystery is thus explained, but the mystery remains.
Synonyms puzzle, enigma, conundrum, riddle, secret, unsolved problem, problem, question, question mark, closed book informal poser - 1.1mass noun Secrecy or obscurity.
much of her past is shrouded in mystery 她过去的许多经历都笼罩在神秘之中。 Example sentencesExamples - He says that its origins ‘have long been shrouded in mystery and controversy.’
- Beyond that, as they say, it is shrouded in mystery.
- Already sales of the book are going well and Kieran is confident that once again children will lap-up the air of mystery and suspense surrounding his books.
- He exudes an air of shyness, mystery and slight menace - not to be confused, say colleagues, with sophistication.
- The darkness lends an air of mystery and foreboding.
- I just don't see any justification for an air of mystery here.
- In the days when he worked for the CIA, the agency was shrouded in secrecy and cloaked in mystery.
- The Valley was wedged in-between the two countries, being obscured in mystery and darkness and confusion.
- The pseudonyms gave the sisters an aura of mystery and secrecy, so much so that some readers believed that all three were one person or that they were males.
- Yet, the air of mystery surrounding each character never dissipates, even after the last line of each monologue is spoken.
- The creation of life in general and of the human person in particular is a thing we can know a little about, but also a thing which is shrouded in impenetrable mystery.
- What keeps people hunting these things is the air of mystery that surrounds them - which is all too easily dispelled.
- For as long as I can remember, there is a beautiful altar cut from the rocky face of a heavily wooded hill, which shelters this place and gives it its air of seclusion and mystery.
- They maintain an air of mystery by wearing masks or hoods.
- The subject is surrounded in mystery, superstition, secrecy, and most interesting of all, real magic!
- Somehow, the town itself, retains its air of mystery, and mediaeval ambience, despite the cell phone shops, supermarket, and mini shopping mall opposite the car park.
- The book's jacket says only that he ‘lives off the grid’, which presumably is intended to create an air of mystery.
- If I've ever had an air of mystery, it's by default.
- Ambassadors used to have a scent of mystery, secrecy and even of romance about them.
- The exact fate of the 45 people on board is shrouded in mystery.
Synonyms secrecy, darkness, obscurity, ambiguity, ambiguousness, uncertainty, impenetrability, vagueness, nebulousness inscrutability, inscrutableness, unfathomableness, mystique, romance - 1.2 A person or thing whose identity or nature is puzzling or unknown.
神秘的人（或事物） ‘He's a bit of a mystery,’ said Nina “他有点儿像是个神秘人物”，尼娜说。 as modifier a mystery guest Example sentencesExamples - I quickly went over to the desk and starting sifting through the papers, looking for a clue to the identity of our mystery guest.
- Police are beginning door-to-door inquiries in an increasingly intense search for clues to the identity of a mystery body.
- A re-opening will take place on Saturday, June 25 with a mystery celebrity guest.
- The identity of the mystery speaker was never revealed.
- Meanwhile, the identity of the mystery investor in Indigo whose bearish actions led to a dramatic fall in the company's share price has been uncovered.
- The identity of the mystery card is then revealed and the player with the card closest in the deck wins.
- In the early 20th century this prolific New Zealand author's identity was a mystery.
- A further clarification of the mystery man's identity still elicited a blank response.
- There will be a disco from 9 pm to midnight and a mystery guest will do the honours in presenting the medals.
- A phone call later confirmed the identity of the mystery ingredient, but staff should be briefed on this at the start of the day.
- But with their identities still a mystery, speculation that drugs bosses might have sanctioned the gruesome deaths began to fade.
- Her anger increased when she found out the mystery caller's identity.
- We've also had concerned correspondents in France baffled over the identity of our mystery poet.
- Looks like our mystery guest blogger decided to reveal his true identity.
- Once inside, you can set about figuring out who the mystery guests are.
- Blackpool have yet to reveal the identity of the mystery man who came so close to signing last week.
- Police said his identity was still a mystery because there were no identification documents on him.
- She opened her eyes, and at last the mystery guy's identity was known.
- Click here for the identity of the mystery candidate.
- ‘Once in a while I'd have a mystery guest,’ muses the Hollywood star.
2A novel, play, or film dealing with a puzzling crime, especially a murder. 疑案作品（尤指涉及谋杀的小说、戏剧、电影等） the 1920s murder mystery, The Ghost Train Example sentencesExamples - It's just another in a long line of rather simple murder mysteries.
- Still, a great lead performance and some dazzling visuals will please fans of old-fashioned murder mysteries.
- Thrillers, mysteries and crime novels are perennial favorites for summertime reading.
- It is not a thriller or a mystery or an action film or a crime film, nor any kind of ordinary drama or melodrama.
- The story is a fairly set piece murder mystery, or murder thriller.
- It's science fiction all right, but it's also a character study and a murder mystery.
- Further compounding the peril is the fact that this is basically a murder mystery, a whodunit with slasher overtones.
- If you enjoy police dramas or murder mysteries, chances are you will enjoy this.
- That is why the author, named I in my book, which is also a murder mystery, is dead, and always has been.
- Imagine Eliot then as the villain in a murder mystery.
- But also, it's a murder mystery, and there may be a ghost, and also a zombie in it.
- He may be writing a murder mystery, but his novel is primarily concerned with the nature of small-town America and its particular manners and morals.
- This mystery is a traditional whodunnit, but with a serious vein of social commentary running through it.
- Layered fictions aren't always murder mysteries, of course.
- Meanwhile, Emerson says he's amused by the number of people who tell him they think writing mysteries and thrillers must be a very exciting job.
- This is easily the weakest entry of the four, a murder mystery that all but gives away the solution just minutes into the film.
- It's better approached as a comedy than a murder mystery.
- The play now becomes a whodunit murder mystery.
- A murder mystery, the film, however, has a clear storyline and characters.
- Why make things more complicated by turning it into a murder mystery?
Synonyms thriller, detective story/novel, murder story informal whodunnit 3mysteriesThe secret rites of Greek and Roman pagan religion, or of any ancient or tribal religion, to which only initiates are admitted. （指古希腊、罗马异教或任何古代或部落宗教只准新入教者参加的）秘密仪式 Example sentencesExamples - Someone who has knowledge of religious or spiritual mysteries is sometimes called a hierophant.
- With folded hands, Ashoka begged enlightenment and initiation into the mysteries of the Dharma of Samudra.
- Egyptian mystery religion is basically Greco-Roman mysteries, a series of initiation rites.
- This does not necessarily mean that Euripides was an initiate of Dionysian mysteries, or that his portrayal of the god's worshippers (the Maenads) is an honest one.
- I think the exact make-up of the triune goddess depended on what city you came from and what mysteries you were initiated in, as well as period as Anna points out.
- It is a Hindu doctrine Movement, to teach the Universal Law of Creation, revealed by ancient Christian mysteries.
- Whether or not the bull, tauros, is Dionysius in one of his forms, there is no doubt that the performers link the ritual to the old pagan mysteries.
- Well your interest in the mysteries, rather than in the codified beliefs of religion would put you very nicely in the world of the transcendentalists.
- The two strangers are not serious; there are jests at the mysteries which precede the enthronement, and he is being initiated into the mysteries of the sophistical ritual.
- To prove its existence in ancient religion he cites the famous passage from Plotinus's Enneads, that initiates of the mysteries must enter them naked.
- His Protrepticus is a copious source of information about the Greek mysteries, though his wish to represent them as a perversion of Scriptural teachings must have led to misrepresentation.
- Those initiated into the satanic mysteries were all given some sort of physical mark, such as a claw mark under the left eye.
- This was the institution of mysteries, with hierophants (chief priests) and torch-bearers complete.
- 3.1 The practices, skills, or lore peculiar to a particular trade or activity and regarded as baffling to those without specialized knowledge.
（行业、技艺等的）秘传诀窍，秘技 the mysteries of analytical psychology 分析心理学的秘技。 Example sentencesExamples - To judge of the perfection of debtors by the numerosity of their creditors is the readiest way for entering into the mysteries of practical arithmetic.
- Those present at the ceremony in London will include William Aitken, a customer service manager for the Inland Revenue in Irvine, commended for explaining the mysteries of tax.
- There we all were, craning our white-hatted heads in close to watch while our teacher explained the mysteries of making sausages.
- For women, discussions of technique might unlock some mysteries.
- I was hoping today to write about quantum gravity, after once and for all explaining the mysteries of quantum mechanics in the previous post.
- Indian nuclear scientists say they have unpeeled one of the great mysteries of the soft-drinks trade - how to extract juice from bananas cheaply and simply.
- David Newble attempts to unravel the mysteries behind local government finance.
- It also explains how the buildings were built and rebuilt, and unravels the mysteries of how political, design and engineering obstacles were overcome.
- It is, I think, true to say that many practising accountants no longer try to unravel the mysteries of the legislation by reading its provisions.
- Without the use of Einstein's theories the mysteries of atomic power may still be evading man today.
- 3.2archaic The Christian Eucharist.
〈古〉圣餐礼
4Christian Theology
A religious belief based on divine revelation, especially one regarded as beyond human understanding. 〔主基督教神学〕基于神的启示的宗教信仰，奥秘 耶稣的奥秘。 Example sentencesExamples - Trinity Sunday celebrates the belief in the incomprehensible mystery of God, not only as Spirit, but also as God creator and God incarnate.
- For a Christian, the answer is in the incarnation: because the divine mystery is made flesh.
- It's up to us preachers, ministers, stewards of the mysteries of Christ, to make that transaction.
- In him, we can see the ultimate mystery of God in human form.
- It is the Spirit who inspires our praise of God and brings us into the divine life, that is, into the mystery of God revealed in Christ.
- 4.1 An incident in the life of Jesus or of a saint as a focus of devotion in the Roman Catholic Church, especially each of those commemorated during recitation of successive decades of the rosary.
神迹（罗马天主教教徒虔修的主要内容，尤指数算念珠祈祷时所缅怀的耶稣或圣人事迹），圣迹 the first Sorrowful Mystery, the Agony in the Garden Example sentencesExamples - This is the fourth of the new mysteries of the rosary.
- Leaks from the Vatican, in anticipation of the document's release, suggest that the Pope will introduce five new mysteries to the Rosary.
- Walking through the Stations of the Cross or praying the rosary is another way to contemplate the mysteries of Jesus.
- Does he promulgate new mysteries for the Rosary?
- In that letter, he added five new mysteries to the rosary, and declared that his twenty-fifth anniversary year would be known as the Year of the Rosary.
OriginMiddle English (in the sense 'mystic presence, hidden religious symbolism'): from Old French mistere or Latin mysterium, from Greek mustērion; related to mystic. Mystery goes back to Greek mustērion, which is related to mystic (Middle English) and mystify (early 19th century). In ancient Greece mysteries were secret religious ceremonies witnessed only by the initiated, who were sworn never to disclose their nature. In Christianity the word means either a truth long kept secret but now revealed through Christ, or something of symbolic significance. The first English uses of mystery were in religious contexts, but it soon spread into wider use for something inexplicable or beyond human comprehension, and then for simply a puzzle or conundrum. In the heyday of British coach parties the mystery tour to an unspecified destination was popular. The Beatles went one stop further with their Magical Mystery Tour, an album and TV film of 1967.
nounPlural mysteries ˈmɪst(ə)riˈmɪst(ə)ri archaic A handicraft or trade, especially when referred to in indentures. 〈古〉技术，手艺（尤用于师徒契约中）
OriginLate Middle English: from medieval Latin misterium, contraction of ministerium 'ministry', by association with mysterium (see mystery1). nounˈmist(ə)rēˈmɪst(ə)ri 1Something that is difficult or impossible to understand or explain. 神秘的事物；难以理解的事物；谜 the mysteries of outer space 外层空间之谜。 hoping that the inquest would solve the mystery 希望验尸能解开这个疑团。 Example sentencesExamples - Once that is understood, other mysteries solve themselves.
- When we came to understand the customs of this extraordinary people the mystery was explained.
- Many theories have been given to explain the extraordinary mystery of these missing ships and planes.
- Science has gained much through the years but has stopped short in its attempts to understand the ultimate mystery of life.
- Contrary to public perceptions, science can help understand and explain the mysteries of emotion.
- All it requires is a flicker of disorientation, an unexpected jolt, or an encounter with a mystery too spooky to explain, and it's off.
- Perhaps the dominant colour scheme will be amber and that explains the mystery.
- However all was explained and the mystery was solved very quickly.
- Two leading theories explain the population mystery.
- And the trouble is that there does not seem to be any impartial source that can explain these mysteries to me, without having a personal agenda!
- And yet we never cease trying to explain the mystery of sport: why it means so much to so many and why we are so curious about those who succeed at it.
- I wish someone would explain to me the mystery behind gas pricing.
- Indeed, his Japanese publisher has been so inundated by bemused readers that they have set up a website to explain some of the mysteries of the book.
- They're looking to solve the mystery, and there are a lot of questions that are unanswered right now.
- Well I have no idea and I think the mystery will never be explained, but now do you see how easy it is for me to get mixed up.
- The struggles of the American writer to explain the deep mysteries of the British character are pure joy.
- The technique of the mystery is thus explained, but the mystery remains.
- I cannot explain the mystery of what went wrong.
- That lack of success has always been something of a mystery, and there are various unproven hypotheses to explain away the mystery.
- I've left you a couple of phone messages and emails and assume that you will explain the mystery of the disappearing diaries to me at some point.
Synonyms puzzle, enigma, conundrum, riddle, secret, unsolved problem, problem, question, question mark, closed book - 1.1 The condition or quality of being secret, strange, or difficult to explain.
神秘性；神秘；隐秘性；不可思议性 much of her past is shrouded in mystery 她过去的许多经历都笼罩在神秘之中。 Example sentencesExamples - The exact fate of the 45 people on board is shrouded in mystery.
- He says that its origins ‘have long been shrouded in mystery and controversy.’
- Beyond that, as they say, it is shrouded in mystery.
- I just don't see any justification for an air of mystery here.
- The subject is surrounded in mystery, superstition, secrecy, and most interesting of all, real magic!
- For as long as I can remember, there is a beautiful altar cut from the rocky face of a heavily wooded hill, which shelters this place and gives it its air of seclusion and mystery.
- The creation of life in general and of the human person in particular is a thing we can know a little about, but also a thing which is shrouded in impenetrable mystery.
- The pseudonyms gave the sisters an aura of mystery and secrecy, so much so that some readers believed that all three were one person or that they were males.
- The darkness lends an air of mystery and foreboding.
- Yet, the air of mystery surrounding each character never dissipates, even after the last line of each monologue is spoken.
- The book's jacket says only that he ‘lives off the grid’, which presumably is intended to create an air of mystery.
- Already sales of the book are going well and Kieran is confident that once again children will lap-up the air of mystery and suspense surrounding his books.
- In the days when he worked for the CIA, the agency was shrouded in secrecy and cloaked in mystery.
- What keeps people hunting these things is the air of mystery that surrounds them - which is all too easily dispelled.
- Ambassadors used to have a scent of mystery, secrecy and even of romance about them.
- If I've ever had an air of mystery, it's by default.
- Somehow, the town itself, retains its air of mystery, and mediaeval ambience, despite the cell phone shops, supermarket, and mini shopping mall opposite the car park.
- The Valley was wedged in-between the two countries, being obscured in mystery and darkness and confusion.
- They maintain an air of mystery by wearing masks or hoods.
- He exudes an air of shyness, mystery and slight menace - not to be confused, say colleagues, with sophistication.
Synonyms secrecy, darkness, obscurity, ambiguity, ambiguousness, uncertainty, impenetrability, vagueness, nebulousness - 1.2 A person or thing whose identity or nature is puzzling or unknown.
神秘的人（或事物） “He's a bit of a mystery,” said Nina “他有点儿像是个神秘人物”，尼娜说。 as modifier a mystery guest Example sentencesExamples - There will be a disco from 9 pm to midnight and a mystery guest will do the honours in presenting the medals.
- Her anger increased when she found out the mystery caller's identity.
- Police said his identity was still a mystery because there were no identification documents on him.
- A further clarification of the mystery man's identity still elicited a blank response.
- We've also had concerned correspondents in France baffled over the identity of our mystery poet.
- ‘Once in a while I'd have a mystery guest,’ muses the Hollywood star.
- But with their identities still a mystery, speculation that drugs bosses might have sanctioned the gruesome deaths began to fade.
- Blackpool have yet to reveal the identity of the mystery man who came so close to signing last week.
- A phone call later confirmed the identity of the mystery ingredient, but staff should be briefed on this at the start of the day.
- She opened her eyes, and at last the mystery guy's identity was known.
- The identity of the mystery card is then revealed and the player with the card closest in the deck wins.
- Looks like our mystery guest blogger decided to reveal his true identity.
- Click here for the identity of the mystery candidate.
- Once inside, you can set about figuring out who the mystery guests are.
- A re-opening will take place on Saturday, June 25 with a mystery celebrity guest.
- The identity of the mystery speaker was never revealed.
- Police are beginning door-to-door inquiries in an increasingly intense search for clues to the identity of a mystery body.
- In the early 20th century this prolific New Zealand author's identity was a mystery.
- Meanwhile, the identity of the mystery investor in Indigo whose bearish actions led to a dramatic fall in the company's share price has been uncovered.
- I quickly went over to the desk and starting sifting through the papers, looking for a clue to the identity of our mystery guest.
2A novel, play, or movie dealing with a puzzling crime, especially a murder. 疑案作品（尤指涉及谋杀的小说、戏剧、电影等） Example sentencesExamples - Imagine Eliot then as the villain in a murder mystery.
- Meanwhile, Emerson says he's amused by the number of people who tell him they think writing mysteries and thrillers must be a very exciting job.
- Layered fictions aren't always murder mysteries, of course.
- It's science fiction all right, but it's also a character study and a murder mystery.
- This is easily the weakest entry of the four, a murder mystery that all but gives away the solution just minutes into the film.
- A murder mystery, the film, however, has a clear storyline and characters.
- If you enjoy police dramas or murder mysteries, chances are you will enjoy this.
- It is not a thriller or a mystery or an action film or a crime film, nor any kind of ordinary drama or melodrama.
- Thrillers, mysteries and crime novels are perennial favorites for summertime reading.
- But also, it's a murder mystery, and there may be a ghost, and also a zombie in it.
- Still, a great lead performance and some dazzling visuals will please fans of old-fashioned murder mysteries.
- The story is a fairly set piece murder mystery, or murder thriller.
- He may be writing a murder mystery, but his novel is primarily concerned with the nature of small-town America and its particular manners and morals.
- It's just another in a long line of rather simple murder mysteries.
- Further compounding the peril is the fact that this is basically a murder mystery, a whodunit with slasher overtones.
- The play now becomes a whodunit murder mystery.
- This mystery is a traditional whodunnit, but with a serious vein of social commentary running through it.
- Why make things more complicated by turning it into a murder mystery?
- That is why the author, named I in my book, which is also a murder mystery, is dead, and always has been.
- It's better approached as a comedy than a murder mystery.
Synonyms thriller, detective novel, detective story, murder story 3mysteriesThe secret rites of Greek and Roman pagan religion, or of any ancient or tribal religion, to which only initiates are admitted. （指古希腊、罗马异教或任何古代或部落宗教只准新入教者参加的）秘密仪式 Example sentencesExamples - Someone who has knowledge of religious or spiritual mysteries is sometimes called a hierophant.
- His Protrepticus is a copious source of information about the Greek mysteries, though his wish to represent them as a perversion of Scriptural teachings must have led to misrepresentation.
- Well your interest in the mysteries, rather than in the codified beliefs of religion would put you very nicely in the world of the transcendentalists.
- This does not necessarily mean that Euripides was an initiate of Dionysian mysteries, or that his portrayal of the god's worshippers (the Maenads) is an honest one.
- To prove its existence in ancient religion he cites the famous passage from Plotinus's Enneads, that initiates of the mysteries must enter them naked.
- It is a Hindu doctrine Movement, to teach the Universal Law of Creation, revealed by ancient Christian mysteries.
- I think the exact make-up of the triune goddess depended on what city you came from and what mysteries you were initiated in, as well as period as Anna points out.
- The two strangers are not serious; there are jests at the mysteries which precede the enthronement, and he is being initiated into the mysteries of the sophistical ritual.
- Egyptian mystery religion is basically Greco-Roman mysteries, a series of initiation rites.
- Those initiated into the satanic mysteries were all given some sort of physical mark, such as a claw mark under the left eye.
- This was the institution of mysteries, with hierophants (chief priests) and torch-bearers complete.
- Whether or not the bull, tauros, is Dionysius in one of his forms, there is no doubt that the performers link the ritual to the old pagan mysteries.
- With folded hands, Ashoka begged enlightenment and initiation into the mysteries of the Dharma of Samudra.
- 3.1 The practices, skills, or lore peculiar to a particular trade or activity and regarded as baffling to those without specialized knowledge.
（行业、技艺等的）秘传诀窍，秘技 the mysteries of analytical psychology 分析心理学的秘技。 Example sentencesExamples - Without the use of Einstein's theories the mysteries of atomic power may still be evading man today.
- There we all were, craning our white-hatted heads in close to watch while our teacher explained the mysteries of making sausages.
- David Newble attempts to unravel the mysteries behind local government finance.
- Those present at the ceremony in London will include William Aitken, a customer service manager for the Inland Revenue in Irvine, commended for explaining the mysteries of tax.
- It also explains how the buildings were built and rebuilt, and unravels the mysteries of how political, design and engineering obstacles were overcome.
- Indian nuclear scientists say they have unpeeled one of the great mysteries of the soft-drinks trade - how to extract juice from bananas cheaply and simply.
- I was hoping today to write about quantum gravity, after once and for all explaining the mysteries of quantum mechanics in the previous post.
- It is, I think, true to say that many practising accountants no longer try to unravel the mysteries of the legislation by reading its provisions.
- For women, discussions of technique might unlock some mysteries.
- To judge of the perfection of debtors by the numerosity of their creditors is the readiest way for entering into the mysteries of practical arithmetic.
- 3.2archaic The Christian Eucharist.
〈古〉圣餐礼
4Christian Theology
A religious belief based on divine revelation, especially one regarded as beyond human understanding. 〔主基督教神学〕基于神的启示的宗教信仰，奥秘 耶稣的奥秘。 Example sentencesExamples - It's up to us preachers, ministers, stewards of the mysteries of Christ, to make that transaction.
- For a Christian, the answer is in the incarnation: because the divine mystery is made flesh.
- Trinity Sunday celebrates the belief in the incomprehensible mystery of God, not only as Spirit, but also as God creator and God incarnate.
- In him, we can see the ultimate mystery of God in human form.
- It is the Spirit who inspires our praise of God and brings us into the divine life, that is, into the mystery of God revealed in Christ.
- 4.1 An incident in the life of Jesus or of a saint as a focus of devotion in the Roman Catholic Church, especially each of those commemorated during recitation of successive decades of the rosary.
神迹（罗马天主教教徒虔修的主要内容，尤指数算念珠祈祷时所缅怀的耶稣或圣人事迹），圣迹 Example sentencesExamples - Walking through the Stations of the Cross or praying the rosary is another way to contemplate the mysteries of Jesus.
- Leaks from the Vatican, in anticipation of the document's release, suggest that the Pope will introduce five new mysteries to the Rosary.
- This is the fourth of the new mysteries of the rosary.
- Does he promulgate new mysteries for the Rosary?
- In that letter, he added five new mysteries to the rosary, and declared that his twenty-fifth anniversary year would be known as the Year of the Rosary.
OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘mystic presence, hidden religious symbolism’): from Old French mistere or Latin mysterium, from Greek mustērion; related to mystic. nounˈmist(ə)rēˈmɪst(ə)ri archaic OriginLate Middle English: from medieval Latin misterium, contraction of ministerium ‘ministry’, by association with mysterium (see mystery). |