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In Christianity, the Trinity is the teaching that God is one God but exists as three: the Father, the Son (Jesus), and the Holy Spirit. Note carefully that Christians do not say this is three gods — they say it is one God in three persons, and the whole point of the word is to hold 'three' and 'one' together at the same time. Written this way, with a capital T and usually 'the', it is a religious term you will meet in churches, hymns, and history books.
In Christianity 在基督教裡, the Trinity 三位一體 is the teaching that God is one God but exists as three 是指上帝是獨一的神，但以三個位格存在: the Father 聖父, the Son (Jesus) 聖子（耶穌）, and the Holy Spirit 和聖靈。Note carefully 要特別注意 that Christians do not say this is three gods 基督徒不會說這是三個神 — they say it is one God in three persons 他們說這是一位神、三個位格, and the whole point of the word is to hold 'three' and 'one' together at the same time 這個詞的重點就是要同時抓住「三」跟「一」。Written this way 這樣寫的時候, with a capital T and usually 'the' 用大寫T、通常還加「the」, it is a religious term 這是個宗教用語 you will meet in churches, hymns, and history books 你會在教堂、聖歌跟歷史書裡遇到
With a small t, 'a trinity' is used more loosely for any group of three things that belong together and are hard to separate — 'the unholy trinity of sugar, salt and fat' is the kind of thing a newspaper . This looser use is a bit literary; in everyday speech people just say 'the three ___'.
With a small t 用小寫t的時候, 'a trinity' is used more loosely 「a trinity」用得比較鬆散, for any group of three things that belong together and are hard to separate 指任何三個綁在一起、很難分開的東西 — 'the unholy trinity of sugar, salt and fat' is the kind of thing a newspaper writes 「the unholy trinity of sugar, salt and fat」就是報紙會這樣寫的東西。This looser use is a bit literary 這種比較鬆散的用法有點文學性; in everyday speech 在日常說話裡 people just say 'the three ___' 大家就直接說「the three ___」
You will also see Trinity as a name: Trinity College, Trinity Church, and Trinity as a girl's name in films.
You will also see Trinity as a name 你也會看到Trinity被當作名字: Trinity College Trinity College, Trinity Church Trinity Church, and Trinity as a girl's name in films 還有電影裡Trinity當女生的名字
組成From Latin trinitas, from trini 'three each', from tres 'three'. You can see it as trine (threefold) + -ity (the state of being that). Old English used its own word, thrines, literally 'threeness', before the Latin word pushed it out.
原始詞典資料13 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Trinityname/ˈtɹɪ.nɪ.ti/
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ChristianityIn Christian belief, the three persons of the Godhead: the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
- He speaks distinctly of the Trinity of the godhead in the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.
- From all eternity Jesus Christ existed, and Jesus Christ was with God the Father, the first person of the Trinity; and Jesus Christ was God the Son, the second person of the Trinity.
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A female given name from English used since the 1970s, from the religious term trinity, or translated from its long-established Spanish equivalent.
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A male given name.
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A small coastal town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
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A town in Alabama.
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A city in North Carolina.
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A city and town in Texas.
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The world's first nuclear explosion: a nuclear test on July 16, 1945, in New Mexico.
trinitynoun/ˈtɹɪnɪti/
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A group or set of three people or things; three things combined into one.
- Near-synonyms: threesome, triad, trio, trine, troika, triumvirate; see also Thesaurus:trio
- But when the moon rose and the breeze awakened, and the sedges stirred, and the cat's-paws raced across the moonlit ponds, and the far surf off Wonder Head intoned the hymn of the four winds, the trinity, earth and sky and water, became one thunderous symphony—a harmony of sound and colour silvered to a monochrome by the moon.
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The state of being three; independence of three things; things divided into three.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。