congregation

英 [ˌkɒŋɡrɪˈɡeɪʃn]

美 [ˌkɑːŋɡrɪˈɡeɪʃn]

n.  (教堂的)会众; (从属某教堂并定期做礼拜的)教堂会众

复数：congregations　

TEM4TEM8法律

Collins.1 / BNC.5091 / COCA.4989

牛津词典

noun

• （教堂的）会众
  a group of people who are gathered together in a church to worship God, not including the priest and choir
  1. The congregation stood to sing the hymn.
     会众站起来唱圣歌。
• （从属某教堂并定期做礼拜的）教堂会众
  the group of people who belong to a particular church and go there regularly to worship

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT-COLL 教堂会众
  The people who are attending a church service or who regularly attend a church service are referred to as thecongregation.
  1. Most members of the congregation begin arriving a few minutes before services.
     礼拜仪式开始前几分钟，大部分教堂会众陆续到来。

英英释义

noun

• the act of congregating
  Synonym:congregating
• an assemblage of people or animals or things collected together
  1. a congregation of children pleaded for his autograph
  2. a great congregation of birds flew over
• a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church
  Synonym:foldfaithful

双语例句

• The priest blessed the congregation.
  牧师求神赐福于会众。
• She saw the pictures of the old pastors and their wives, and the congregation sitting in the polished chairs and singing from their hymn-books.
  于是她看到了奏着乐曲的手风琴，看到了老牧师和他们妻子的图像，看到了教众坐在抛光的椅子上唱着赞美诗。
• There was a rustling of dresses, and the standing congregation sat down.
  站着的人们在一片衣服的沙沙声中都坐了下来。
• "Let up pray," the priest intoned to his congregation.
  让我们祷告吧，牧师用吟咏的声调对会众说。
• He and his congregation have also set themselves the goal of eradicating poverty in Africa.
  他和信众们同样在非洲设定了消除贫困的目标。
• My congregation needs spiritual leadership.
  我的教友需要的是一个精神领袖。
• The congregation fell back from them slightly as they entered.
  教堂会众在他们进来时稍稍往后退了退。
• Then he, struggling, hears the voices of the congregation around him.
  然后，挣扎着，他听到了，教堂会众的声音。
• The New Testament assumes membership in a local congregation.
  新约圣经中，地方群体是有会员制的。
• The congregation was belting out hymns, but I felt strangely detached.
  集合是出自赞美诗制带的材料，但是我觉得奇妙超然。