clergy
英 ['klɜːdʒɪ]
美['klɝdʒi]
- n. 神职人员;牧师;僧侣
词态变化
复数: clergies;
中文词源
clergy 神职人员
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英英释意
- 1. clergymen collectively (as distinguished from the laity)
英文词源
- clergy (n.)
- c. 1200, clergie "office or dignity of a clergyman," from two Old French words: 1. clergié "clerics, learned men," from Medieval Latin clericatus, from Late Latin clericus (see clerk (n.)); 2. clergie "learning, knowledge, erudition," from clerc, also from Late Latin clericus. Meaning "persons ordained for religious work" is from c. 1300.
实用场景例句
- All the local clergy were asked to attend the ceremony.
- 所有当地的圣职人员都获邀参加这项仪式。
牛津词典
- The new proposals affect both clergy and laity.
- 新的提案使神职人员和平信徒都会受到影响。
牛津词典
- These proposals met opposition from the clergy.
- 这些提案遭到神职人员的反对。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Henry and Nancy are living together without benefit of clergy.
- 亨利和南希没有正式举行婚礼就同居了.
期刊摘选
- Miss Brooke had become engaged in a conversation with Mr. Casaubon about the Valdo clergy.
- 布鲁克小姐正全神贯注与卡苏本先生探讨韦尔多派教士的问题.
辞典例句
- The clergy member performing the ceremony declared them husband and wife.
- 主持仪式的牧师宣布他们结为夫妇.
期刊摘选
- All the clergy have opposed the plan.
- 所有的神职人员都反对那个计画.
期刊摘选
- A cope may be worn by any rank of the clergy.
- 任何级别的神职人员都会穿法衣.
期刊摘选
- The large, redbrick vicarage was built in the days of more fecund clergy.
- 那幢牧师住的红砖大屋是个多子女的牧师在职时修建的.
期刊摘选
- The religious or regular clergy conducts the service.
- 宗教或常规牧师提供服务.
期刊摘选
- The Polish clergy use their influence to polonize the people.
- 波兰的教士们运用他们的影响去使人民波兰化.
期刊摘选
- The clergy joined hands with the laity in maintaining the inherited verse forms.
- 僧侣们在维护继承下来的韵文格式方面同凡人联合在一起.
期刊摘选
- Many extremists consider the clergy as Elmer Gantry, who profane the name of God.
- 许多极端主义者认为神职人员虚伪, 他们亵渎神名.
期刊摘选
- The new proposals affect both clergy and laity.
- 新的建议与神职人员和俗人都有关系.
期刊摘选
- They ran the three churches to which they belonged, the clergy, the choirs and the parishioners.
- 她们管理着自己所属的那三家教堂 、 牧师 、 唱诗班和教区居民.
飘(部分)
- In the Eighteenth Century, the clergy, like the nobility and gentry, often rode to hounds.
- 在18世纪, 神职人员跟贵族和上流社会人士一样, 常常骑马打猎.
期刊摘选
- The clergy are mostly recruited from theological schools.
- 牧师绝大部分是从神学院聘用的.
期刊摘选
- In ancient days, the crown, the barons, and the clergy possessed the lands.
- 古时候, 王室 、 贵族和教会拥有土地.
辞典例句
- The superior clergy and a small remnant of other educated men read and wrote Latin.
- 上等的神职人员和一小部分残余的其他受过教育的人使用拉丁语读写.
英汉非文学 - 历史
- During the dawn period of civilization, the status of the wizard dropped and became the clergy.
- 到了文明曙光期, 巫觋地位下降,终于成为神职人员.
期刊摘选
- His book on the poverty of the clergy isn't favored reading in papal palaces.
- 他关于教士的贫穷的书在教皇的宫殿不受欢迎.
电影对白
- The clerical profession; clergy.
- 牧师的职业; 牧师.
期刊摘选
- The clergy remain divided on the issue of women priests.
- 在女性教士的问题上,牧师们意见不一.
《简明英汉词典》
- It is illegal to impersonate a person of the clergy.
- 假扮或冒充神职人员是违法的.
期刊摘选
- All the local clergy were asked to attend the ceremony.
- 所有当地的圣职人员都获邀参加这项仪式。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
- Some of the clergy refused to acknowledge the new king'slegitimacy.
- 一部分神职人员拒绝承认新国王的合法地位。
柯林斯例句
- Clergy and laity alike are divided in their views.
- 神职人员和信众同样都观点各异。
柯林斯例句
- The military has accused the clergy of mixing religion and politics.
- 军方指责该牧师将宗教与政治混为一谈。
柯林斯例句
- These proposals met opposition from the clergy.
- 这些提案遭到神职人员的反对。
柯林斯例句