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

• These local associations of worshipers appear to have been a principal factor in the spread of the new cults.
  这些崇拜者的地方协会出现的主要因素是新祭礼的传播。
• Hi An, I think is amazing all the stuff that have taught to us today, I would love to learn much more about chinese foods, habits and cults.
  你好，安，我认为今天你教给我们的东西真是棒极了，我真的想多了解中国的食品，习惯和文化。
• Many people have been led into cults by this type of deception.
  邪教都有一些相同的特点，作为支派。
• 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。
• This basic drama shapes all apocalyptic thought, from the tenets of tribal cargo cults to the beliefs of UFO sects.
  这一基本的戏剧情节影响了整个末日天启思想，从法国部落货物崇拜的基本理论到不明飞行物教派的信仰。
• There have been cults that killed, just not in ritual fashion.
  发生过凶杀的仪式，不只是做成仪式的样子。
• Belief in the existence of extraterrestrial life has led to the creation of various cults and religious sects.
  由于人们对存在外星生命的信仰，从而产生了各种信徒和宗教流派。
• 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？
• Although Folk Beliefs in Suzhou District was always prosperous, it became much more thriving in Ming and Qing Dynasties, which was first an inevitable result of its development. But it was also related to the development of commodity economy and government's support of selected cults.
  苏州地区民间信仰历来兴盛，到了明清时期更趋发展，这一方面是其自身发展的必然结果，同时也与本地商品经济的发达息息相关，而统治者有选择的提倡则起了推波助澜的作用。
• 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。