斋戒

伊斯兰教徒在斋月期间斋戒。

Muslims fast during Ramadan .

他们在某些天斋戒。

They fast on certain days .

据说定期斋戒会让我们更虔诚。

A set period of fasting is supposed to bring us closer to godliness

我斋戒了一天半，祈求上帝伸出援手。

I fasted for a day and half and asked God to help me .

到了星期五和斋戒日、尤其是大斋期时，这个菜式非常受欢迎。

It was a favourite meal on Fridays and fast days , particularly during Lent .

Breakfast这个单词源于古语breakingthefast（fast的意思是斋戒，禁食一段时间），因此，早餐breakfast的字面意思就是经过一夜睡眠之后的首次进食。

The word Breakfast comes from an old-fashioned phrase breaking the fast ( a fast means not eating for a long period of time ) . So breakfast literally means eating again for the first time after sleeping through the night .

果酱甜甜圈（Jelly-filleddoughnuts）原产于德国，是一种在欢庆新年除夕与大斋节（Lent）前狂欢时吃的传统甜点（译注：大斋节，自圣灰星期天开始至复活节前的40天，在此期间进行斋戒和忏悔）。

Jelly-filled doughnuts ( with no doughnut hole ) originated in Germany , where they were traditionally eaten to celebrate New Year 's Eve and the carnival days before Lent ( Rose Monday and Shrove Tuesday ) .

TravisBluemling：“然而，我真的是大错特错。他们允许我进入他们的房间。我还可以参加他们的穆斯林会议。我和他们一起斋戒，甚至还进入他们的清真寺。”

However , I could not have been more wrong . They have allowed me to enter their house . I joined them in their Muslim meetings . I joined them with fasting and I have even entered the mosque . "

但是机缘巧合，那天我在琅勃拉邦（LuangPrabang）向僧人们进行清晨布施，那个仪式让我想斋戒，就像有时在家里，为了一些仪式，妈妈让我斋戒那样，所以那天我也碰巧禁食了。

But as fate would have it , I had given morning alms to the monks in Luang Prabang , and the ritual made me want to fast , just as I sometimes did at home when my mother asked me to do so for religious reasons , so I had .

她是如斋戒而且冒着如一匹野生马。

She is as fast and brave as a wild horse .

当这个过程完成之后，我又斋戒七日。

After the procedure , I fast again for seven days .

他们斋戒到日落，接着开始庆祝这个节庆。

2 they fasted until sundown and then started the festival .

圣灰星期三后教徒们就要斋戒是吗？

So the Christians will begin to fast after Ash Wednesday ?

斋戒是每年规定的日子里所必行的义务。

Fasting is mandatory in a prescribed number of days a year .

斋戒沐浴是某些宗教仪式的一部分。

FML ablution is carried out as part of some religious ceremonies .

他们不是禁欲主义者，把斋戒看成是傻事。

They are not ascetic , and consider fasting silly .

而且，一切由做斋戒而来的思想，必定也是半死不活的思想。

and all thoughts born of a fast must necessarily be half-starved .

他因宗教原因斋戒一周。

He is fasting for a week for religious reasons .

此外，我又劝说道，做斋戒会弄垮身体；

Besides , argued I , fasting makes the body cave in ;

他见我斋戒祈祷，会让我安眠。

He 'll let me sleep , seeing I fast and pray .

“斋戒”意思是有一段时间不吃食物。

Fast means not to eat food for a period of time .

像斋戒这样的宗教仪式很难让人遵行。

Religious observancessuch as fasting can be hard to follow .

此后，通过斋戒所培养出来的代代相传的消化不良症而永久存在了。

and since then perpetuated through the hereditary dyspepsias nurtured by Ramadans .

在饱餐一顿之后，南非蟒通常要斋戒（食）长一段时间。

After a large meal , pythons tend to fast for long periods .

大楼保安拉赫曼不愿放弃斋戒。

Mr. Rehman , the building watchman , was refusing to give up .

他们的斋戒是更严格的，他们的其他苦行演习严格。

Their fasts are more rigid , and their other ascetic exercises stricter .

她是一个快的马和有学问的斋戒。

She was a quick horse and learned fast .

牧师在三个星期的斋戒期间只进食水和面包。

The priest had only water and bread during his three week fast .

他每个星期有一整天斋戒断食。

He fasts for a whole day every week .

他们是不低于取悦上帝祈祷，斋戒和救济。

They are no less pleasing to God than prayers , fasting and almsgiving .