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http://pttgre.mypodcast.com/2009/12/baptism_of_fire_n_-269292.html
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baptism of fire (n) 嚴峻的考驗
[by sovereignty]
英解:
an introductory or initial experience that is a severe ordeal; especially: a
soldier's first exposure to enemy fire
註解:
baptism (n) 洗禮(宗教)，fire 原有宗教意涵，後被引用為戰火。
"I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me ...
will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire." (Matthew 3:11, RSV).
In the 1981 volume Airmobility in Vietnam, Lt. General John Tolson used the
military sense of "baptism of fire."
empyrean (n) 最高天
empyreal (a) 淨火的；最高天的
記法:
戰火的洗禮引申為嚴峻的考驗 (通常是第一次)。
例句:
That job is a baptism of fire for her.
參考資料:
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/baptism-of-fire.html
http://www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/mwwodarch.pl?Dec.23.2009
http://condor.eb.com/word/podcast/wd20091223.mp3
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