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

• 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。
• Although Folk Beliefs in Suzhou District was always prosperous, it became much more thriving in Ming and Qing Dynasties, which was first an inevitable result of its development. But it was also related to the development of commodity economy and government's support of selected cults.
  苏州地区民间信仰历来兴盛，到了明清时期更趋发展，这一方面是其自身发展的必然结果，同时也与本地商品经济的发达息息相关，而统治者有选择的提倡则起了推波助澜的作用。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Over the years, several theories have been expounded to explain the mutilations, including ufos, Satanic cults, pranksters, unknown government agencies, or natural predators.
  数年以来，一些理论已经被详细说明解释切割，包括不明飞行物，恶魔的礼拜，玩皮的人，未知的政府机关或天然的掠夺者。
• 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。
• 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。
• And both Chinese and English people show different cults, taboos and connotations towards the different or identical numbers so as to generate their own numeral cultures.
  对不同或相同的数字，汉英有着不同的崇尚或禁忌习俗，以及不同的联想和意义，并由此而孕育出各自独特的数字文化。