orthodox: [16] Greek orthós meant ‘straight, correct’ (it enters into numerous English compounds, including orthography ‘correct spelling’ [15] and orthopaedic [19]). Greek dóxa meant ‘opinion’; it was derived from the verb dokein ‘think’. Put them together and you got orthódoxos ‘having the right opinion’, which passed into English via ecclesiastical Latin orthodoxus.
orthodox (adj.)
mid-15c., of opinions, faith, from Late Latin orthodoxus, from Greek orthodoxos "having the right opinion," from orthos "right, true, straight" (see ortho-) + doxa "opinion, praise," from dokein "to seem," from PIE root *dek- "to take, accept" (see decent). As the name of the Eastern Church, first recorded in English 1772; in reference to a branch of Judaism, first recorded 1853.
实用例句
1. It doesn't sound exactly orthodox, if I may say so.
恕我直言，那听起来不太符合常规。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Payne gained a reputation for sound, if orthodox, views.
虽然观点正统，但佩恩合乎情理的见解还是令他为人称道。
来自柯林斯例句
3. Karouzos's poetry shows a profound preoccupation with the Orthodox Church.
卡鲁佐斯的诗歌表明他对东正教的执着。
来自柯林斯例句
4. These people are predominantly Russian Orthodox by religion.
