church

英 [tʃɜːtʃ] 美 [tʃɜːrtʃ]

• n. 礼拜仪式；教堂；基督教徒
• adj. 教堂的
• v. 把 ... 带到教堂接受某种宗教仪式

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]教堂

   a building for public Christian worship

2. [U]礼拜仪式; 礼拜

   the religious services held in a church

3. [S]神职,牧师的职位

   the profession of the priests and people employed for religious reasons

4. [U]教权

   religious power as compared with stated power

5. [C]教派,教会

   the organization of Christian believers, or of any of the various branches of Christianity

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 教会，教派
2. （全体）基督教徒，教徒团体
3. 教会的权力
4. 【宗】礼拜（仪式），拜
5. 教堂，礼拜堂
6. 基督教机构
7. 基督教牧师，牧师的职位，圣职
8. 丘奇（音译名）

adj. 形容词

1. <英>国教的
2. 教会的，教堂的，礼拜的，与教堂礼拜有关的，与教会有联系的

v. 动词

1. 领（某人）到教堂接受宗教仪式，使（某人）去教堂接受宗教仪式
2. 为（妇女）做产后感恩礼拜
3. 按教会规章申斥

英英释义

Noun:

1. one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship

2. a place for public (especially Christian) worship;

   "the church was empty"
   

3. a service conducted in a house of worship;

   "don't be late for church"
   

4. the body of people who attend or belong to a particular local church;

   "our church is hosting a picnic next week"
   

Verb:

1. perform a special church rite or service for;

   "church a woman after childbirth"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Church begins at 9 o' clock.
   礼拜仪式9点开始。
2. Christians go to church on Sundays.
   基督教徒每个星期日到教堂去做礼拜。
3. Everyone in church knelt in prayer.
   教堂里每个人都跪着祈祷。
4. I'm just going to the church to see the priest.
   我正要去教堂去见见牧师。
5. The Church has a duty to condemn violence.
   基督徒有责任谴责暴力。

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. She loves church music.
   她喜爱教堂音乐。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. The church is close to the shops.
   教堂离商店很近。
2. The church was decorated with flowers.
   教堂里装饰着鲜花。
3. The church was a quiet haven amidst the noise and bustle of the streets outside.
   在周围街道的熙攘喧嚣中,那座教堂却是一座宁静的安息所。
4. Our church held a fair to raise money for charity.
   我们教堂举办了一次义卖会为慈善事业筹款。
5. They designed the building to be a church.
   他们指定这座建筑为教堂。
6. Stained-glass windows ornament the church.
   彩色玻璃窗使教堂生辉。
7. She crossed herself as she left the church.
   她离开教堂时,在自己身上画十字。
8. There are three churches in this town.
   这座城里有三个教堂。
9. She lives in the second house after the church.
   她住在教堂后的第二所房子里。
10. You will find the shop you are looking for beside the church.
    你到教堂旁就可看见你要找的那个店铺。
11. They bought a new censer for the church.
    他们给那个教堂买了一个新香炉。
12. Commercial buildings are now beginning to dwarf the city churches.
    一幢幢商业大楼开始使城里的教堂显得矮小。
13. Church begins at nine o'clock.
    礼拜仪式9点开始。
14. Aaron never goes to church.
    艾伦从不去做礼拜。
15. Christians go to church every week.
    基督教徒每周做礼拜。
16. He studies for the Church.
    他为准备担任神职而学习。
17. By his donation the church was able to build a new Sunday School.
    靠了他的捐助,教会才修建了一所新的主日学校。
18. The old man has one son in the medical profession and another in the church.
    那位老人有一个儿子在医务界,另一个儿子在宗教界。
19. She forsook her worldly possessions to devote herself to the church.
    她抛弃世上的财物而献身教会。
20. The church women are forming a benevolent society.
    教会妇女在组织一个慈善协会。
21. Which Church do you belong to?
    你属于哪一教派?

经典引文

• As soon as church was done, she immediately stepp'd out.

  出自： Steele

常用短语

用作名词 (n.)

as poor as a church mouse

赤贫的 very poor

at〔in〕 church

在教堂做礼拜 doing the religious services held in a church

go into the church

就圣职 become a priest

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• attend (a) church 去做礼拜
• enter a church 就神职,做牧师
• establish a church 建立教会〔教派〕
• give up the church 辞去圣职
• go into a church 就神职,做牧师
• go to (a) church 去做礼拜
• join the church 担任圣职
• neglect church 忽视教会

形容词+～

• famous church 著名的教堂
• free church 自由教会
• local church 地方教堂
• the Broad C- 广教派
• the Catholic C- 天主教会
• the Christian C- 基督教会
• the Christian Science C- 基督教科学教会
• the Congregational church (基督教)公理会
• the Eastern C- 东正教
• the High C- 高派教会
• the Low C- 低派教会
• the Orthodox C- 东正教
• the Western C- 天主教,罗马公教

名词+～

• village church 乡村教堂

介词+～

• at church 在教堂做礼拜
• in church 在教堂做礼拜

～+介词

• the C- of Scotland 苏格兰教会

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. church的基本意思是“教堂”,指基督教徒做礼拜的场所，是可数名词。
2. church也可表示“礼拜,礼拜仪式”,其前通常不加冠词the,是不可数名词。
3. church也可表示与政权相对而言的“教权”。
4. church表示“教会,教派”时，首字母常大写。
5. church前加定冠词the，是指教堂建筑物本身或教会的神职工作或服务工作,即“神职”“牧师的职位”。
6. church在用于“去教堂做礼拜〔结婚〕”“在教堂做礼拜”时,是抽象名词,其前不加冠词; 表示“去教堂办事”时，则须加冠词。

词义辨析

n. (名词)

go to church, go to the church

• 前者church前无冠词,是不可数名词,可指去教堂做礼拜或结婚；如另有目的,则需用后者,这时church是可数名词,表示建筑物。试比较:
• He goes to church every Sunday.
• 他每周日去教堂做礼拜。
• He went to the church to look for his wife.
• 他去教堂找他老婆。

church，cathedral

• 这两个名词均可表示“教堂”之意。
• church普通用词，指顶礼膜拜上帝之地，也是西方人举行婚、丧等活动的场所。
• cathedral指一个教区内最大的教堂，即主教堂或总教堂，通常是装饰精良，宏伟肃穆。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自古英语的cirice，意为上帝的住所。

近反义词

【近义词】

• abbey
• cathedral
• chapel
• sanctuary