※ 本文轉自看板 Gre http://pttgre.mypodcast.com/2009/12/baptism_of_fire_n_-269292.html (連結有講解聲音檔可收聽) 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 圖片來源: http://www.live4him.dk/product_info.php?products_id=49&osCsid=593f76877a2b511e1467d8c1c7287416 --

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