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

• Compared with the ordinary people, officials 'attitudes toward popular cults are more positive.
  与普通民众相比，官员对于对祠神信仰的态度更为积极。
• 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。
• RI is a nonprofit tax-exempt educational institution devoted to the study of destructive cults, controversial groups and movements.
  罗斯研究所是一个非盈利性的免税教育机构，专门从事破坏性膜拜团体、有争议团体和运动的研究。
• As a religion, Hinduism is a composite of diverse doctrines, cults, and ways of life.
  作为一种宗教，印度教是不同的教条、祭礼和生活方式的综合体。
• Let us pray for the influx of cults from abroad and believers being led astray.
  让我们为中国教会能维持纯正的信仰来祷告。
• 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。
• 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。
• The confluence of Buddhism and Taoism with the folk cults in late Tang
  论中晚唐佛道教与民间祠祀的合流
• Belief in the existence of extraterrestrial life has led to the creation of various cults and religious sects.
  由于人们对存在外星生命的信仰，从而产生了各种信徒和宗教流派。
• 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。