pagans

英 [ˈpeɪgənz]

美 [ˈpeɪgənz]

n.  异教徒(信奉非主流宗教者); 教外人(旧时的基督徒用以指非基督徒)
pagan的复数

柯林斯词典

• 异教（徒）的
  Paganbeliefs 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,paganswere people who did not believe in Christianity and who many Christians considered to be inferior people.
  1. 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。
  2. ...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

双语例句

• Later on, a fir tree grew in place of the oak and this, St Boniface told the pagans, was the Tree of Life and represented the Christ Child.
  后来，一棵枞树从原来长着橡树的地方生长了起来，圣尼费斯告诉这些异教徒，这是生命之树和代表基督的孩子。
• The conversion of pagans to Christianity
  异教徒的改信基督教
• The Teutonic Knights are a German crusading order of knights committed to fighting infidels and pagans.
  条顿骑士团是为对抗异教徒而成立的德意志骑士团体。
• Although the Crusade was a holy war between the Christians and the pagans in the name only, the secular factors played an important role in it from the beginning to the end.
  摘要虽然名义上十字军东征是一场基督徒对异教徒的圣战，但世俗因素始终起着重要作用。
• Through the title, Hino references the traditional gesture of prayer used by pagans, Western and Eastern religions in instances of enlightenments, pleading or restoration of faith;
  日野之彦以《祈祷》为主题，探索东西方宗教以及各种信仰的人们祈祷或寻求启示时常用的姿势，不论是为了祈求回应或强化自身信念；
• As the pagans wouid have wanted.
  就像异教徒所希望的那样。
• In some cases it was their religion, or lack of it, that was significant, and they were referred to as pagans, heathen, or gentiles.
  这在某种情形下取决于他们的信仰，或因他们缺乏信仰，这很重要，他们因此分别被指代异教徒、异族人和异邦人。
• The white berries of mistletoe were believed by pagans to represent droplets of the semen of the sun god.
  异教徒认为槲寄生白色的浆果由代表着太阳神的精液。
• The Empire adjusted its policies in accordance with the interactive relations of Early Christianity, the Empire government and the mass of pagans.
  帝国对基督教的政策主要是由基督教、帝国政府和异教群众三方所构成的互动关系所主导的。
• Elsewhere in the churchyard are two standing stones, which would have been raised up by pagans at about the same time.
  教堂的奇特地方是两块矗立的石头，它大概也是在那个时候的异教徒建造的吧！