a difficult or painful new undertaking or experience火的洗禮；嚴(yán)峻考驗(yàn)
柯林斯高階英漢雙解學(xué)習(xí)詞典釋義
N-VAR
（基督教的）洗禮，浸禮
A baptism is a Christian ceremony in which a person is baptized.
英漢詞典釋義
n.
(基督教的)洗禮
The Christian ceremony of baptism is a symbolic act.基督教的洗禮儀式是一種象征性的做法。All the family attended the baptism of the first grandchild.家庭所有成員都參加了第一個(gè)孫子的洗禮儀式。
<喻>洗禮,考驗(yàn);初次經(jīng)歷
That was my baptism into weather wisdom.那是我第一次預(yù)測(cè)天氣。
火的洗禮；初次的不愉快(或令人恐懼的)經(jīng)歷
Her first day in the job was a real baptism of fire because she had to deal with a very difficult case immediately.從事這項(xiàng)工作的第一天她就經(jīng)受了一場(chǎng)嚴(yán)峻的考驗(yàn)，因?yàn)樗昧⒓刺幚硪患浅＜值氖虑椤?/i>
英英詞典釋義
Noun
1. a Christian sacrament signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth;
"most churches baptize infants but some insist on adult baptism"