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

• DC22: Orcus, the Demon Prince of the Undead, has inspired numerous and varied cults.
  奥喀斯，掌管不死生物的恶魔领主，已经召集了众多各式各样的崇拜者。
• 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。
• In that sense, the work of GATA might be seen as an echo of the cargo cults that anthropologists study in the Pacific Islands: something that offers pattern and meaning amid terrifying disorder.
  在这个意义上，gata的工作可能令人联想到人类学家在太平洋岛屿上研究的货物崇拜：某种在造成可怕混乱的同时，带来模式和意义的东西。
• 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。
• All these religions were flourishing side by side with many less prominent cults.
  所有这些宗教和许多次要的教派一起，共同繁荣。
• 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？
• Over the years, several theories have been expounded to explain the mutilations, including ufos, Satanic cults, pranksters, unknown government agencies, or natural predators.
  数年以来，一些理论已经被详细说明解释切割，包括不明飞行物，恶魔的礼拜，玩皮的人，未知的政府机关或天然的掠夺者。
• As a religion, Hinduism is a composite of diverse doctrines, cults, and ways of life.
  作为一种宗教，印度教是不同的教条、祭礼和生活方式的综合体。
• 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。
• 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。