词汇精选：church的用法和辨析

一、详细释义：

adj.

教会的

例句：

church leaders said he was welcome to return.

教会领袖说欢迎他回来。

例句：

Old church ladies were emigrating.

教会的老太太们也在“移民”。

礼拜的

例句：

They are my church shoes.

那是我做礼拜的鞋子。

n.

教堂；礼拜堂 [C]

例句：

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

我正要去教堂去见见牧师。

例句：

He never went to church.

他从未去教堂。

礼拜 [U]

例句：

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

对于他们来说，礼拜是他们生命中最重要的部分

例句：

She participated in the church service.

她参加了礼拜活动。

教派；教会；教徒 [C]

例句：

Jane was officially received into the Church last month.

上月简被正式接收为该教会的成员。

例句：

The Church has a duty to condemn violence.

基督徒有责任谴责暴力。

v.

领…到教堂接受宗教仪式 [T]

例句：

She was churched yesterday.

她昨天举行过谢恩仪式。

二、词义辨析：

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。

三、相关短语：

church member

教会会员,教徒,教友

church service

礼拜仪式

church tower

教堂塔

coptic church

n.埃及之土著基督教派 n. 科普特教会

greek orthodox church

n. 希腊正教

presbyterian church

n. 基督教长老会

protestant episcopal church

n. 圣公会

western church

n. 罗马教会, 天主教会

congregational church

n.(基督教的)公理教会

orthodox church

n.东正教,希腊正教

四、参考例句：

a Christian Church

基督教会

Have you prepared church ornament?

你们准备好教堂礼拜用品了吗？

A church stands amid skyscrapers.

摩天大楼之间耸立着一座教堂。

The church dominates the town.

教堂高耸于城中。

They are my church shoes.

那是我做礼拜的鞋子。

The church crested the hill.

教堂位于山顶上。

Old church ladies were emigrating.

教会的老太太们也在“移民”。

She participated in the church service.

她参加了礼拜活动。

Robert sings in a church choir .

罗伯特在教堂合唱队唱歌。

Everyone in church knelt in prayer.

教堂里每个人都跪着祈祷。