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clergy

英 [ˈklɜːdʒi]

美 [ˈklɜːrdʒi]

n.  (统称)圣职人员,神职人员

复数:clergy 

考研TOEFLTEM4TEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.4651 / COCA.6499

牛津词典

    noun

    • (统称)圣职人员,神职人员
      the priests or ministers of a religion, especially of the Christian Church
      1. 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。
      2. 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。

    柯林斯词典

    • N-PLURAL 牧师;神职人员
      Theclergyare the official leaders of the religious activities of a particular group of believers.
      1. These proposals met opposition from the clergy.
        这些提案遭到神职人员的反对。

    英英释义

    noun

    • in Christianity, clergymen collectively (as distinguished from the laity)

      双语例句

      • 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。
      • The new proposals affect both clergy and laity.
        新的建议与神职人员和俗人都有关系。
      • 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。
      • About this same time, French law required the clergy to register baptisms, deaths, and marriages.
        大约在同一时期,法国的法律要求牧师登记洗礼、死亡和结婚的人数。
      • Their decisions have been accepted by the clergy and the laity of all times, making their validity indisputable.
        他们的决定已经被接受,由教士和俗人的任何时候,其效力不容置疑的。
      • First, it directed against the rich clergy, lawyers and the landowners.
        这次起义具有真实的社会性,把矛头直接对准了富有的教职人员、律师和地主。
      • For years, the Catholic Church in America has struggled to find new clergy.
        多年来,美国天主教会一直在努力寻找新的神职人员。
      • A hymn that is sung at the end of a service as the clergy and choir withdraw.
        一种仪式结束、牧师和唱诗班退场时唱的圣歌。
      • They also undertook work in Bengal in1874, but this has since been relinquished to the secular clergy.
        他们还承诺在孟加拉工作于1874年,但是这已经放弃了对世俗的神职人员。
      • Under feudalism, people of western Europe were mainly divided into three classes: clergy, lords and peasants.
        封建制度下的西欧,人被分成三个等级:神职人员(教士/牧师)、庄园领主和农民。