cults是什么意思？

cults

• n. 迷信( cult的名词复数 )，狂热的崇拜，（有极端宗教信仰的）异教团体；

例句

• Many early religious cults revolved around sexuality. 很多早期宗教崇拜都以性为主要内容.
• 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.
• Religious cults and priesthoods are sectarian by nature. 宗教崇拜和僧侣界天然就有派性.
• ...cults, sects and bizarre theologies. 异教、宗派及稀奇古怪的宗教信仰
• ...satanic cults. 撒旦崇拜
• ...the various cultures, cults and religions that have enslaved human beings for untold years... 束缚人类已久的各种文化、异教和宗教

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  小宗教组织;(尤指)异教，邪教
  A cult is a fairly small religious group, especially one which is considered strange.
  例句
  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。 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
  Cult is used to describe things that are very popular or fashionable among a particular group of people.
  例句
  Since her death, she has become a cult figure... 她死后成了部分人狂热崇拜的偶像。 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。
• N-SING
  (特定群体的)偶像，时尚
  Someone or something that is a cult has become very popular or fashionable among a particular group of people.
  例句
  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。 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
  The cult of something is a situation in which people regard that thing as very important or special.
  例句
  ...the cult of youth that recently gripped publishing... 对青年的关注成为近期出版界的焦点 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。