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

• What's the point of a new congregation?
  创办一个新的圣会，是为了什么？
• And Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tabernacle of the congregation.
  于是摩西和约书亚去站在会幕里。
• The preacher blessed the congregation after his sermon.
  牧师在讲道后祝福会众。
• 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。
• And all the congregation said, amen, and praised the lord.
  会众都说、阿们、又赞美耶和华。
• The church members co-opted individuals from similar backgrounds to replenish the congregation.
  这个教堂又吸收了一些有相同背景的人来补充圣会。
• He said amen, and blessed them, and turned away, and immediately the congregation began to sing.
  他说完阿门，为他们祝了福，便转过身去。会众立刻唱了起来。
• "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。
• The New Testament assumes membership in a local congregation.
  新约圣经中，地方群体是有会员制的。