churches

英 [ˈtʃɜːtʃɪz]

美 [ˈtʃɜrtʃəz]

n.  (基督教的)教堂，礼拜堂; 礼拜; 礼拜仪式; 基督教教派
church的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR (基督)教堂;礼拜堂
  Achurchis a building in which Christians worship. You usually refer to this place aschurchwhen you are talking about the time that people spend there.
  1. ...one of Britain's most historic churches.
     英国最古老的教堂之一
  2. ...St Helen's Church...
     圣海伦教堂
  3. I didn't see you in church on Sunday.
     我星期天做礼拜时没看见你。
• N-COUNT (基督教的)教派
  AChurchis one of the groups of people within the Christian religion, for example Catholics or Methodists, that have their own beliefs, clergy, and forms of worship.
  1. ...co-operation with the Catholic Church...
     和天主教派的合作
  2. Church leaders said he was welcome to return.
     教会领袖说欢迎他回来。
  3. ...the separation of church and state.
     政教分离
• PHRASE 广纳众议的机构（或团体）；兼收并蓄的活动
  You can refer to an organization, group, or area of activity as abroad churchwhen it includes a wide range of opinions, beliefs, or styles.
  1. The party has responded by trying to become a broad church that appeals to devout pensioners, Munich punks and aerospace engineers...
     该党的反应是要努力成为一个吸引笃信宗教的退休者、慕尼黑朋客族和航天工程师的兼收并蓄的政党。
  2. 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。

双语例句

• The churches, as everyone knows, opposed the abolition of slavery as long as they dared.
  众所周知，教会过去尽量反对废除奴隶制。
• Sometimes this fact is obscured because churches get so bogged down by unimportant rules.
  有时候教会因为过分拘泥于那些无关紧要的规则而无法看清这一事实。
• Houses and churches are buildings.
  房子和教堂是建筑物。
• There are lots of old buildings and churches.
  有许多旧的建筑物和教堂。
• Frescoes are so familiar a feature of Italian churches that it is easy to take them for granted
  壁画在意大利教堂里是司空见惯的，以至于人们往往会视而不见。
• He has repeatedly criticized Western churches as too worldly and too entrenched in consumerism.
  他一再批评西方教会过于世俗，消费主义观念过于顽固。
• Some of rome's best boutiques and restaurants occupy former churches.
  一些罗马最好的时装商店和饭店占据了从前的教堂。
• Churches and other religious buildings were filled with paintings that described people and stories from the Bible.
  基督教和其它宗教建筑充满了描述来自《圣经》的人类和历史的绘画。
• The CIU provides churches with solid advice on a wide range of subjects
  哥伦比亚国际大学为教堂在许多问题上提供了切实有用的建议。
• China's Protestantism and Catholicism have maintained friendly contacts with churches in many countries.
  中国基督教和天主教与世界上许多国家教会建立了友好往来关系。