congregations

英 [ˌkɒŋgrɪˈgeɪʃənz]

美 [ˌkɑŋgrəˈgeɪʃənz]

n.  (教堂的)会众; (从属某教堂并定期做礼拜的)教堂会众
congregation的复数

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。

双语例句

• Bless God in the congregations, Even the Lord, you who are of the fountain of Israel.
  诗68：26从以色列源头而来的、在各会中称颂主神。
• It is always a heart-breaking thing to see these congregations of men robed in black, murmuring together in low voices, on the threshold of the halls of justice.
  看见这些成群的黑衣人立在公堂门前低声耳语，那总是件令人寒心的事。
• When they're anti-family, they often tend to allow women bigger roles in their congregations.
  如果是反家庭的经文，经常都会赋与女人更重要的角色，在教会中。
• The hilltop church attracted good congregations, in spite of its inaccessibility.
  山顶教堂虽然进出困难仍吸引了大批善男信女。
• The Holy Redeemer Lutheran Church in San jose, california, shares its building with four other congregations, including Korean and Vietnamese baptists.
  加州圣？何塞的路德赎世主堂和其他四支教徒会众（包括韩国和越南浸礼会教徒）共用一个教堂。
• Most feel hurt by anti-gay attitudes expressed by friends, neighbors, classmates, or church and temple congregations& and rejected by teasing about having a gay dad.
  当有邻居朋友同学或是教友表明反对同性恋的态度时，绝大多数感到很受伤害&当他有一个同志爸爸而遭嘲笑和拒绝时。
• Group of Baptist congregations believing the teachings of the French theologian John Calvin who believed in strict predetermination.
  施洗者圣会团体，信仰法国神学家约翰加尔文的教义，他相信严格预言学说。
• All seminarians who have not taken examinations were told to return to their respective dioceses or congregations within three days, Church sources said.
  他们说，董事会又决定修生提前放暑假，在三天之内离院，返回所属的教区或修会。还没有参加期末考试的修生在当天下午已陆续离去。
• A first-class product quality, and good after-sales service and dedication to meet the needs of customers at home and abroad, welcomed the congregations in business negotiations, work together.
  以一流的产品质量，良好的售后服务，竭诚满足国内外客户的需要，欢迎来电来函洽谈业务，携手合作。
• His first sermon was delivered, in heavily-accented English, by the River Thames in Petersham, but congregations did not respond to him.
  在皮特舍姆的泰晤士河畔，他用地方口音浓重的英语首次布道，但信众却没有任何响应。