idolatry

英 [aɪˈdɒlətri]

美 [aɪˈdɑːlətri]

n.  神像崇拜; 偶像崇拜; 盲目崇拜

TEM8

BNC.25365 / COCA.22843

牛津词典

noun

• 神像崇拜；偶像崇拜
  the practice of worshipping statues as gods
• 盲目崇拜
  too much love or admiration for sb/sth
  1. football fans whose support for their team borders on idolatry
     对球队几乎到了盲目崇拜地步的足球迷

柯林斯词典

• 偶像崇拜
  Someone who practisesidolatryworships idols.
• N-UNCOUNT 盲目崇拜
  If you refer to someone's admiration for a particular person asidolatry, you think it is too great and uncritical.
  1. Their affection for her soon increased almost to idolatry.
     他们对她的喜爱不久就发展到了盲目崇拜的地步。

英英释义

noun

• the worship of idols
  Synonym:idol worship
• religious zeal
  Synonym:devotionvenerationcultism

双语例句

• Do not swear at all; Or, if thou wilt, swear by thy gracious self, which is the god of my idolatry, and I'll believe thee.
  不用起誓吧；或者要是你愿意的话，就凭着你优美的自身起誓，那是我所崇拜的偶像，我一定会相信你的。
• Can we worship and honor God by involving ourselves with customs and traditions, which God Himself forbade as idolatry?
  我们可以崇拜和赞美上帝从而让自己延续传统和习俗吗？而这些传统和习俗又禁止我们把上帝当作偶像来崇拜。
• The paper attempts to comb the vicissitude of idolatry and analyse the profound influence to the Chinese nation traditional virtues life.
  本文主要通过梳理偶像崇拜的变迁来分析其对中华民族传统道德生活产生的深远影响。
• King Nebuchadnezzar was king of Babylon, a kingdom renowned for its idolatry and witchcraft and occult arts.
  尼布甲尼撒王是巴比伦的国王，一个以崇拜偶像及巫术及秘术著名的王国。
• Relating to or practicing idolatry.
  偶像崇拜的或与之有关的。
• Let not my love be call'd idolatry, Nor my beloved as an idol show, Since all alike my songs and praises beTo one, of one, still such, and ever so.
  不要把我的爱叫作偶像崇拜，也不要把我的爱人当偶像看，既然所有我的歌和我的赞美都献给一个、为一个，永无变换。
• He bore with the idolatry of Rome.
  他宽容罗马的偶像崇拜。
• Even positive images of the Prophet Muhammad are not allowed to prevent idolatry in the religion.
  甚至对先知默罕默德正面的描绘也是禁止的，是为了保持其在在宗教的偶像地位。
• We don't think there were any of these churches that were actually practicing pagan idolatry.
  我们认为，这些教会并没有人，崇拜异教徒偶像。
• It was a centre of idolatry, an altar to Baal, the god of the sun and fire.
  那坛是用来向异教的太阳神和火神巴力献祭的。