pagan是什么意思？

pagan

英[ˈpeɪgən] 美[ˈpeɡən]

• n. 异教徒，非基督教徒，没有宗教信仰的人；
• adj. 异教徒的，非基督教的，无宗教信仰的；

复数：pagans;

例句

• First, British and French clerics demonised Russian Orthodoxy as a semi - pagan creed. 首先, 英法两国教士将俄国东正教妖魔化为一种半异教信条.
• That pagan did not believe in Christ. 那个异教徒从不相信基督。
• The singing of Christmas carols is a custom derived from early dance routines of pagan origin. 唱圣诞颂歌的风俗源自异教徒早期的舞蹈仪式。
• The ecclesiastical purple and the pagan orange symbolising the symbiosis in marriage. 教会的紫色和异教的橙色,多么奇怪的共生现象.
• That is really pagan fatalism. 这是名符其实的异教宿命论.
• Much of this tradition derives from the pagan festival of Beltane. 这个传统更多地来源于异教节日——五朔节.
• ...female saints who took vows of virginity rather than submit to an undesired marriage with a pagan. 立誓独身也不愿屈服与异教徒结婚的女圣人
• The new religion was eager to convert the pagan world. 那种新宗教急于使异教徒皈依本教。
• The word Easter derives from Eostre, the pagan goddess of spring. Easter (复活节)一词由Eostre(多神教的春天女神)衍生而来。
• The singing of Christmas carols is a custom derived from early dance routines of pagan origin... 唱圣诞颂歌的风俗源自异教徒早期的舞蹈仪式。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ
  异教（徒）的
  Pagan beliefs and activities do not belong to any of the main religions of the world and take nature and a belief in many gods as a basis. They are older, or are believed to be older, than other religions.
• N-COUNT
  异教徒（旧时指不信奉基督教的人）
  In former times, pagans were people who did not believe in Christianity and who many Christians considered to be inferior people.
  例句
  The new religion was eager to convert the pagan world. 那种新宗教急于使异教徒皈依本教。 ...female saints who took vows of virginity rather than submit to an undesired marriage with a pagan. 立誓独身也不愿屈服与异教徒结婚的女圣人

英汉词典释义

• n.
  异教徒, 非基督教徒
  They regard us all as pagans. 他们把我们都看成异教徒。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a person who does not acknowledge your God
• Adjective
  1. not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam