church

单词辨析:

church cathedral chapel 【导航词义:教堂】
church n. 教堂
〔辨析〕

普通用词,指基督徒敬拜上帝、举行宗教活动和婚丧仪式等的场所。

〔例证〕

a church tower

教堂塔楼

The dome of the church is under repair.

教堂的圆顶正在修缮。

Their wedding took place in a church.

他们的婚礼是在教堂举行的。

cathedral n. 大教堂
〔辨析〕

指主教管控下的某一教区内最大的教堂,即主教堂或总教堂,通常装饰精致、宏伟肃穆。

〔例证〕

The Gothic cathedral attracts visitors from all around the world.

那座哥特式大教堂吸引着世界各地的游客。

We were given a guided tour of the cathedral.

我们在导游陪同下参观了大教堂。

chapel n. 小教堂
〔辨析〕

指学校、监狱、私人宅院等中供基督教徒做礼拜用的专门场所。

〔例证〕

He built a chapel as a shrine to the memory of his dead mother.

他建了一座小教堂作为悼念亡母的圣所。

Two men were squatting at the door of the college chapel.

有两个人蹲在学院小教堂的门口。

相关例句:

Church leaders said he was welcome to return.

教会领袖说欢迎他回来。

The church should have no political alignment

教会不应与政治结盟。

They began by brutally persecuting the Catholic Church.

他们开始残酷迫害天主教。

The Church is my life.

教会就是我生命的全部。

I am not completely at home in any Protestant Church.

我在任何一个新教教会都不是特别自在。

It rapidly became apparent that rock'n'roll was a very broad church indeed.

摇滚乐实际无所不包,这一点很快就显而易见了。