"newly married man" (especially one who had seemed a confirmed bachelor), 1821, from the character Benedick in "Much Ado About Nothing" (1599). The name is from Late Latin Benedictus, literally "blessed," from Latin benedicte "bless (you)" (see benediction). This also produced the proper name Bennet; hence also benet (late 14c.), the third of the four lesser orders of the Roman Catholic Church, one of whose functions was to exorcize spirits.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. Benedict had been a wild boy and a quarrelsome young man.
貝內(nèi)迪克特小時(shí)候野性難馴，年輕時(shí)又愛(ài)與人爭(zhēng)吵。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. Joan of Arc was finally canonized by Pope Benedict XV in 1920.
圣女貞德終于在1920年由教皇本尼狄克十五世封為圣徒。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
3. He had been sent here to keep an eye on Benedict.