Old English, "the Jewish people, the Hebrew nation," from Latin Israel, from Greek, from Hebrew yisra'el "he that striveth with God" (Gen. xxxii.28), symbolic proper name conferred on Jacob and extended to his descendants, from sara "he fought, contended" + El "God." As the name of an independent Jewish state in the Middle East, it is attested from 1948. Compare Israeli, Israelite.
雙語例句
1. The Prime Minister has promised that Israel will play a constructive role.
首相承諾以色列將發揮積極的作用。
來自柯林斯例句
2. He had been in Israel for the best part of twenty-four hours.
他一天24小時多數時間在以色列。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Israel offers automatic citizenship to all Jews who want it.
以色列為所有希望獲得公民身份的猶太人敞開大門。
來自柯林斯例句
4. The problems of Israel, Lebanon, and the Gulf were tightly interlocked.
以色列、黎巴嫩與海灣的問題一環扣一環。
來自柯林斯例句
5. Greece has established full diplomatic relations with Israel.