clergy
pronunciation
UK [ˈklɜːdʒi]
US [ˈklɜːrdʒi]
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- n.
- （尤指基督教堂内的）牧师，教士
- 〈废〉学问
Word Origin
clergy 神职人员
来自PIE*kel,切，劈，词源同clone,gladiator.本义为切成细条的小木板，用于抽签决定命运， 后比喻上帝选中的人，上帝分配的人，以为神职人员蒙上神圣色彩。
Example
- 1. Senior shia clergy have deplored his hardening line .
- 什叶派高级神职人员强烈谴责了卡拉达维的硬化线。
- 2. Most clergy , he argued , now prefer taking funerals . Perhaps .
- 他说，如今大多数牧师宁可去主持葬礼可能吧。
- 3. And mr berlusconi is already in bad odour with the clergy over his private life .
- 并且berlusconi先生的个人生活也为教士诟病。
- 4. Some thais , though , fear that the buddhist clergy 's standards are slipping .
- 一些泰国民众开始担心，佛教僧侣的行为准则变得太过宽松。
- 5. Two outstandingly gifted clergy have resigned .
- 两位才华横溢的神职人员相继辞职。
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