gentile

英 ['dʒentaɪl] 美 ['dʒentaɪl]

• n. 异教徒
• adj. 异教徒的
• Gentile: n.；非犹太教徒；非摩门教徒
• adj. 非犹太人的；非摩门教徒的

英英释义

Noun:

1. a person who does not acknowledge your god

2. a person who is not a member of one's own religion; used in this sense by Mormons and Hindus

3. a Christian as contrasted with a Jew

4. a Christian;

   "Christians refer to themselves as gentiles"
   

Adjective:

1. belonging to or characteristic of non-Jewish peoples

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. He was banished from the country as a gentile.
   他被作为异教徒赶出了这个国家。
2. Her family disowned her for marrying a gentile.
   她的家庭坚决不同意她嫁给一名异教徒。

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. It is so much like Moldorf.Only I am a Gentile, and Gentiles have a different way of suffering.
   这多么像莫尔多夫，唯一不同的是，我是一个非犹太人的异教徒，而异教徒受苦受难的方式是不同的。

经典引文

• The basilicae of gentile Rome..were converted into churches.

  出自： J. Brand

词汇搭配

• gentile community 氏族公社

近反义词

【近义词】

• pagan 异教徒
• goy 异邦人
• non-Jew 非犹太人
• heathen 异教徒
• infidel 不信宗教者