cults

英 [kʌlts]

美 [kʌlts]

n.  (对生活方式、看法、观念等的)狂热，时尚，崇拜; (有极端宗教信仰的)异教团体; 宗教信仰; 宗教习俗
cult的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 小宗教组织;(尤指)异教，邪教
  Acultis a fairly small religious group, especially one which is considered strange.
  1. 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。
  2. 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
  Cultis used to describe things that are very popular or fashionable among a particular group of people.
  1. Since her death, she has become a cult figure...
     她死后成了部分人狂热崇拜的偶像。
  2. 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。
  3. The Osaka-based group is popular home in Japan and has developed a cult following in the United States.
     那个来自大阪的组合在日本本土很受欢迎，在美国也拥有一批狂热的歌迷。
• N-SING (特定群体的)偶像，时尚
  Someone or something that is aculthas become very popular or fashionable among a particular group of people.
  1. 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。
  2. 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
  Thecultof something is a situation in which people regard that thing as very important or special.
  1. ...the cult of youth that recently gripped publishing...
     对青年的关注成为近期出版界的焦点
  2. 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。
  3. Meanwhile the personality cult around this campaigner grew.
     同时，对这位竞选者的个人崇拜正在逐渐升温。

双语例句

• There have been cults that killed, just not in ritual fashion.
  发生过凶杀的仪式，不只是做成仪式的样子。
• DC22: Orcus, the Demon Prince of the Undead, has inspired numerous and varied cults.
  奥喀斯，掌管不死生物的恶魔领主，已经召集了众多各式各样的崇拜者。
• There are three kinds of cults of deities in Suzhou.
  明清时代苏州地区的神灵大致可分为三类：即祀典之神、私祀之神以及淫祀。
• Members of wacky religious cults are not part of a well-regulated militia.
  离奇古怪的宗教会道门成员不是管理严密的民兵队伍的组成部分。
• Hi An, I think is amazing all the stuff that have taught to us today, I would love to learn much more about chinese foods, habits and cults.
  你好，安，我认为今天你教给我们的东西真是棒极了，我真的想多了解中国的食品，习惯和文化。
• Many people have been led into cults by this type of deception.
  邪教都有一些相同的特点，作为支派。
• Millenialism is also a prominent teaching in pseudo-Christian cults such as the Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses.
  千禧年主义也是一些诸如摩门教和耶和华见证人这样异端的重要教导。
• They gave the growing Vaishnava bhakti cults a philosophical framework that also influenced some Saivite schools.
  他们给予了成长中的外氏那瓦祭礼一个哲学架构，也影响着一些湿婆派别。
• This small, otherwise peaceful community has inspired stories of hauntings that include everything from a headless train conductor to pagan cults and the violent murders of livestock.
  这个其他方面都很祥和的小城，激发了各种各样的鬼故事，包括无头列车长，异教徒以及家畜残杀者等。
• These local associations of worshipers appear to have been a principal factor in the spread of the new cults.
  这些崇拜者的地方协会出现的主要因素是新祭礼的传播。