One figure who is believed to have been chosen to save everyone — arriving with a mission, and expected to turn the whole situation around.
messianic 的畫面可以想成一個「被選中來拯救大家的人」。他不是普通的領袖。人們相信他帶著使命而來,要把整個局面翻轉過來。這個字的兩個用法,都可以想成從這個身影長出來:一個講的是那位救世主本人,一個把那份強度借給普通人。
From the word’s history
Messianic is Messiah plus -ic. Messiah goes back to Hebrew mashiah, the anointed one — oil poured on the head when a king or priest was appointed — and reached English through Greek and Latin.
這個字是 Messiah 加上 -ic。Messiah 可以追到希伯來文 māšîaḥ,意思是「受膏者」;古代立王、立祭司時會在頭上抹油。它經希臘文 Messías、拉丁文 Messīās 進入英文。所以核心畫面一開始是很具體的:被抹了油、被指定下來的那一個人。
Wiktionary, "messianic"
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