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original sin

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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oˌriginal ˈsin noun [uncountable]  RRCthe tendency to behave in bad or evil ways, which is in all people according to the Christian religion 〔基督教中提到的〕原罪
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original sinLike a piece of apple, some kid said; the chunk of apple that Adam ate and got original sin.Howard by his belief in original sin, guilt and the possibility of awakening man's consciousness of sin.Lewis was inclined to ground his grudging acceptance of democracy on the doctrine of original sin.I was told in the third grade that I had an overabundance of original sin.This comes too close to something like a pedagogic version of original sin.Another incident followed Richard Baxter's preaching of a sermon on original sin.The original sin of mankind was the murder of the father.
oˌriginal ˈsin nounChineseSyllable
the behave or tendency Corpus to bad in


original sin
oˌriginal ˈsin noun [uncountable]
the tendency to behave in bad or evil ways, which is in all people according to the Christian religion


original sinBrE /əˌrɪdʒənl ˈsɪn/ 🔊NAmE /əˌrɪdʒənl ˈsɪn/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] (in Christianity 基督教) the tendency to be evil that is believed to be present in everyone from birth 原罪