詞彙精選：church的用法和辨析

一、詳細釋義：

adj.

教會的

例句：

Church leaders said he was welcome to return.

教會領袖說歡迎他回來。

例句：

Old church ladies were emigrating.

教會的老太太們也在“移民”。

禮拜的

例句：

They are my church shoes.

那是我做禮拜的鞋子。

n.

教堂；禮拜堂 [C]

例句：

I'm just going to the church to see the priest.

我正要去教堂去見見牧師。

例句：

He never went to church.

他從未去教堂。

禮拜 [U]

例句：

For all of them, church is the most important part of their life

對於他們來說，禮拜是他們生命中最重要的部分

例句：

She participated in the church service.

她參加了禮拜活動。

教派；教會；教徒 [C]

例句：

Jane was officially received into the Church last month.

上月簡被正式接收爲該教會的成員。

例句：

The Church has a duty to condemn violence.

基督徒有責任譴責暴力。

v.

領…到教堂接受宗教儀式 [T]

例句：

She was churched yesterday.

她昨天舉行過謝恩儀式。

二、詞義辨析：

church,cathedral

這兩個名詞均可表示“教堂”之意。church普通用詞，指頂禮膜拜上帝之地，也是西方人舉行婚、喪等活動的場所。cathedral指一個教區內最大的教堂，即主教堂或總教堂，通常是裝飾精良，宏偉肅穆。

三、相關短語：

church member

教會會員,教徒,教友

church service

禮拜儀式

church tower

教堂塔

coptic church

n.埃及之土著基督教派 n. 科普特教會

greek orthodox church

n. 希臘正教

presbyterian church

n. 基督教長老會

protestant episcopal church

n. 聖公會

western church

n. 羅馬教會, 天主教會

congregational church

n.(基督教的)公理教會

orthodox church

n.東正教,希臘正教

四、參考例句：

a Christian Church

基督教會

Have you prepared church ornament?

你們準備好教堂禮拜用品了嗎？

A church stands amid skyscrapers.

摩天大樓之間聳立着一座教堂。

The church dominates the town.

教堂高聳於城中。

They are my church shoes.

那是我做禮拜的鞋子。

The church crested the hill.

教堂位於山頂上。

Old church ladies were emigrating.

教會的老太太們也在“移民”。

She participated in the church service.

她參加了禮拜活動。

Robert sings in a church choir .

羅伯特在教堂合唱隊唱歌。

Everyone in church knelt in prayer.

教堂裏每個人都跪着祈禱。