GRE

shibboleth单词基本解析：

n.（党派、集团等的）准则; 教条; 用语; 行话
n.陈腔滥调, 口令或暗语,术语
n.（党派、集团等的）准则；教条；用语；行话

shibboleth变化用词：

复数:shibboleths;

复数：shibboleths

shibboleth英英释义：

Noun

1. a favorite saying of a sect or political group

2. a manner of speaking that is distinctive of a particular group of people

名词 shibboleth:

a favorite saying of a sect or political group

同义词：motto, slogan, catchword

a manner of speaking that is distinctive of a particular group of peopleshibboleth[ 'ʃibəleθ, -liθ ]n.a favorite saying of a sect or political group

同义词：mottoslogancatchword

a manner of speaking that is distinctive of a particular group of people

shibboleth中文词源：

shibboleth 口音，习惯，准则，教条，行话 来自希伯来语 shibboleth,麦穗。 现词义来自圣经中记载的小故事，两民族 Gileadites 和 Ephraimites 打战，Ephraimites 人打败了逃跑，但由于这两个民族人长得一样，从长相上无 法辨别，但是口音有差别，Ephraimites 人无法发-sh-音，于是，Gileadites 人在关卡上让所有 通过的人念 shibboleth 这个词，不能正确的发-sh-的人就抓起来。因而引申诸相关词义。类 似于中国南北东西口音差异。

shibboleth用法和例句：

They would say to him, Then say, Shibboleth.

6就对他说, 你说示播列.

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Then they said to him, Now say Shibboleth;and he said Sibboleth, and was not able to say it in the right way;then they took him and put him to death at the crossing-places of Jordan;

6就对他说、你说示播列，以法莲人因为咬不真字音、便说西播列，基列人就将他拿住、杀在约但河的渡口。

Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce it right.

6就对他说、你说示播列．以法莲人因为咬不真字音、便说西播列．基列人就将他拿住、杀在约但河的渡口。

They would say to him, Then say, Shibboleth.

6就对他说，你说示播列。

Then they said to him, Now say Shibboleth;

6就对他说，你说示播列。。

shibboleth n.

口令；暗语；

6 Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce it right.

就对他说、你说示播列．以法莲人因为咬不真字音、便说西播列．基列人就将他拿住、杀在约但河的渡口。

then they would say to him, "Say now, 'Shibboleth.

就对他说，你说示播列。。

Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him and slew him.

据说当时他们走近他，让他说“暗号”（使伯乐丝），于是他说“西伯乐丝”。因为他没有正确发音，于是那些人将他抓住并杀死。

Or take the shibboleth of "conformity" with which the critics of our society plague us.

还可以举所谓“顺应潮流”这个行话做例子，这是我们的社会批评家大骂我们的。

用作名词(n.)

The elderly politicians still cling to the outmoded shibboleths of party doctrine.
这些年迈的政治家仍然抱着党性教条的陈词滥调不放。

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