cults

英 [kʌlts]

美 [kʌlts]

n.  (对生活方式、看法、观念等的)狂热，时尚，崇拜; (有极端宗教信仰的)异教团体; 宗教信仰; 宗教习俗
cult的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 小宗教组织;(尤指)异教，邪教
  Acultis a fairly small religious group, especially one which is considered strange.
  1. The teenager may have been abducted by a religious cult...
     这个少年可能被一个异教组织绑架了。
  2. The cult of Isis was carried from Egypt into Greece and Rome.
     对伊希斯的膜拜从埃及传到了希腊和罗马。
• ADJ 受特定群体欢迎的;在特定群体中流行的
  Cultis used to describe things that are very popular or fashionable among a particular group of people.
  1. Since her death, she has become a cult figure...
     她死后成了部分人狂热崇拜的偶像。
  2. The film is destined to become a cult classic...
     这部电影注定会成为风靡一时的经典之作。
  3. The Osaka-based group is popular home in Japan and has developed a cult following in the United States.
     那个来自大阪的组合在日本本土很受欢迎，在美国也拥有一批狂热的歌迷。
• N-SING (特定群体的)偶像，时尚
  Someone or something that is aculthas become very popular or fashionable among a particular group of people.
  1. Ludlam was responsible for making Ridiculous Theatre something of a cult...
     荒诞派戏剧的风靡要归功于勒德拉姆。
  2. The bra has gone from being a fashion classic to a fashion cult.
     胸罩已经从经典时尚转变为流行时尚。
• N-COUNT 热潮;关注
  Thecultof something is a situation in which people regard that thing as very important or special.
  1. ...the cult of youth that recently gripped publishing...
     对青年的关注成为近期出版界的焦点
  2. Society is entitled and bound to protect itself against a cult of violence...
     社会有权力和义务保护自身不受暴力行为的侵害。
  3. Meanwhile the personality cult around this campaigner grew.
     同时，对这位竞选者的个人崇拜正在逐渐升温。

双语例句

• Millenialism is also a prominent teaching in pseudo-Christian cults such as the Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses.
  千禧年主义也是一些诸如摩门教和耶和华见证人这样异端的重要教导。
• This small, otherwise peaceful community has inspired stories of hauntings that include everything from a headless train conductor to pagan cults and the violent murders of livestock.
  这个其他方面都很祥和的小城，激发了各种各样的鬼故事，包括无头列车长，异教徒以及家畜残杀者等。
• They gave the growing Vaishnava bhakti cults a philosophical framework that also influenced some Saivite schools.
  他们给予了成长中的外氏那瓦祭礼一个哲学架构，也影响着一些湿婆派别。
• Where in the world of religions, cults and creeds, can we find a master of such brilliance?
  在这个具有宗教、教理、教仪的世界上，何处还能够找到这么一位卓越而出色的导师？！
• How many cults and false teachers are there in the world or even in churches today?
  今天的世界，甚至教会有多少异端和假教师呢？
• In the state ritual system, Buddhism and Taoism got close to folk cults in position.
  再次，在国家祭祀体系中，佛、道二教与民间神祠的地位也开始逐步接近。
• The fact that so many strange cults are enjoying such success is proof that children feel the need for something spiritual in their life.
  许多奇怪的个人崇拜能大行其时，就足以证明孩子们在生活中需要一些精神的东西。
• Compared with the ordinary people, officials 'attitudes toward popular cults are more positive.
  与普通民众相比，官员对于对祠神信仰的态度更为积极。
• Let us pray for the influx of cults from abroad and believers being led astray.
  让我们为中国教会能维持纯正的信仰来祷告。
• And both Chinese and English people show different cults, taboos and connotations towards the different or identical numbers so as to generate their own numeral cultures.
  对不同或相同的数字，汉英有着不同的崇尚或禁忌习俗，以及不同的联想和意义，并由此而孕育出各自独特的数字文化。