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vulgate

UK //ˈvʌlɡeɪt//US //ˈvʌlɡeɪt//

词源

源自拉丁语 'vulgata',意为'通俗的、普遍使用的',来自 'vulgus'(民众)。最初指'通俗拉丁语圣经',后引申为任何权威文本版本。

noun

❶ 指公元4世纪由圣哲罗姆翻译的拉丁文圣经版本,是天主教会长期使用的官方圣经文本。

“The Vulgate was the most commonly used Bible in Western Christianity for over a thousand years.”

(拉丁文圣经在西方基督教世界中使用了一千多年。)

“Scholars often compare the Vulgate with earlier Greek and Hebrew texts.”

(学者们经常将拉丁文圣经与早期的希腊文和希伯来文版本进行比较。)

❶ 泛指任何被广泛接受或普遍使用的文本版本,特别是指权威或标准版本。

“This edition has become the vulgate of Shakespeare's works among scholars.”

(这个版本已成为学术界公认的莎士比亚著作标准版本。)

“The vulgate text of the constitution is displayed in the national archives.”

(宪法的权威文本保存在国家档案馆中。)

同义词:standard version, authoritative text, received text

常见短语

the Vulgate Bible — 特指圣哲罗姆翻译的拉丁文圣经版本,是天主教会的官方圣经文本。

“The Vulgate Bible was completed by St. Jerome in the late 4th century.”

(拉丁文圣经由圣哲罗姆在4世纪末完成翻译。)