简单释义：

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n. 【宗】教堂；【宗】教徒；【宗】教派；【宗】教会

v. 使(某人)去教堂接受宗教仪式

网络 丘奇；礼拜堂；教堂音响效果

变形：

复数：churches  过去分词：churched  现在分词：churching  

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完整释义：

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n.

1.【宗】教堂
2.【宗】教徒
3.【宗】教派
4.【宗】教会
5.【宗】礼拜
6.【宗】牧师;神父

v.

1.使(某人)去教堂接受宗教仪式

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例句：

1. It was a view many in the church shared, but Father Eduardo said the selection also carries responsibility.
   这是一种许多教堂分享的共识，但神父爱德华多表示选择也意味着责任。

2. The Holy Father conferred a red vestment on me to remind me to defend the Church even to the point of shedding blood.
   教宗给了我红袍，提醒我为了维护教会该不惜流血。

3. However, in 1980 the Church brought in a new prayer book, with a new marriage service and a new form of wording for the banns.
   然而，1980年英国国教会引进了一本新的祈祷书，同时也引进了一套新的婚礼程序和新的结婚公告词。

4. "Even the church didn't protest, " he said. "The world was silent while six millions died. "
   “当六百万生命消失时，世界默不作声，”他说“甚至连教会都没有提出抗议。”

5. The church was one of those fine old English structures worth travelling to see.
   那座教堂是那些古老壮观的英国建筑物之一，值得去参观。

6. The leader of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales, Cardinal Vincent Nichols, said the move towards sainthood had been rapid.
   英格兰和威尔士罗马天主教堂领袖红衣主教尼柯尔斯（VincentNichols）表示，通往圣徒的道路非常迅速。

7. A second factor which made the Western Church prosperous was a new political stability and safety which had come to Europe.
   第二个使西方教会繁荣兴旺的因素，是来到欧洲的一种新的政治稳定和安全。

8. Father Sergei, who oversees the local church, observed the hundreds of brave believers with an air of satisfaction.
   监管当地教堂的谢尔盖神父满意地看着数百名勇敢的教徒。