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单词 redemptive
释义
redemptive
adjective
formal
uk
/rɪˈdemp.tɪv/us
/rɪˈdemp.tɪv/
(especiallyinChristianity)savingsomeone fromevil,suffering, etc.:
the redemptivepoweroflove,art, andfriendship
Thebooktellsa redemptivestoryof a woman whotriumphsoveradversity.
See
redemption
More examples
  • thehealingand redemptivequalitiesofnature
  • Thefilmiswarm-hearted,emotionalandultimatelyredemptive
  • Ihopewe can make something redemptive out of thesituationandfindwaystocarefor one another.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Religious concepts: forgiveness in religion
  • absolution
  • absolve
  • cleanse
  • confess
  • confession
  • deliverance
  • grace
  • redeem
  • redemption
  • remission
  • salvation
  • shrive
(Definition ofredemptivefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofredemptive

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Each path promises aredemptiveorder that is millennial and transcendent.
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A linear andredemptivesymbol now underscores a cyclical or performance-based representation of reality.
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Only betweenredemptivescientism and traditional religions is there a direct conflict.
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Concepts like sin,redemptivesuffering, and stewardship may be appealed to within a decisionmaking process.
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Regardless of how one sees this book, there is aredemptivequality to it : the thrill of people helping people.
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For example, he concedes that practical engagement in the arts does have the potential to change people, citing research concerningredemptiveexperiences with prisoners.
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Furthermore, hisredemptivepower is restricted and strangely conditional.
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He is the justified sinner ofredemptivetransgression.
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But at the same time, there is, on his view, little scope for what we might callredemptivepossibility.
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For if redemption is possible after death, then post-mortem experiences ought to allow for the same sort ofredemptivepurpose that earthly experiences have.
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It has a communal and aredemptivedimension as well.
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The noble self-sacrice of the missionary became aredemptiveoffering.
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That is, one feature ofredemptivepossibility is that neither excellent habits nor practical wisdom is required in order to find the morally right way to act.
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The open borstal takes boys who need the moreredemptiveopportunities of the open borstal system.
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They are the people who substitute theredemptiveorganisation for theredemptivegadget.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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