pagan

英 [ˈpeɪɡən]

美 [ˈpeɪɡən]

n.  异教徒(信奉非主流宗教者); 教外人(旧时的基督徒用以指非基督徒)
adj.  异教徒的; 非基督教的; 无宗教信仰的

复数：pagans　

GRETEM8

Collins.2 / BNC.10206 / COCA.12376

牛津词典

noun

• 异教徒（信奉非主流宗教者）
  a person who holds religious beliefs that are not part of any of the world's main religions
• 教外人（旧时的基督徒用以指非基督徒）
  used in the past by Christians to describe a person who did not believe in Christianity

柯林斯词典

• 异教（徒）的
  Paganbeliefs and activities do not belong to any of the main religions of the world and take nature and a belief in many gods as a basis. They are older, or are believed to be older, than other religions.
• N-COUNT 异教徒（旧时指不信奉基督教的人）
  In former times,paganswere people who did not believe in Christianity and who many Christians considered to be inferior people.
  1. The new religion was eager to convert the pagan world.
     那种新宗教急于使异教徒皈依本教。
  2. ...female saints who took vows of virginity rather than submit to an undesired marriage with a pagan.
     立誓独身也不愿屈服与异教徒结婚的女圣人

英英释义

noun

• a person who does not acknowledge your god
  Synonym:heathengentileinfidel
• someone motivated by desires for sensual pleasures
  Synonym:hedonistpleasure seeker
• a person who follows a polytheistic or pre-Christian religion (not a Christian or Muslim or Jew)

adj

• not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam
  Synonym:heathenheathenishethnic

双语例句

• He traded his sister to a pagan.
  他用他的姐妹跟一个异教徒做了交易。
• While Easter is a Christian tradition, it is connected to an old pagan holiday.
  虽然复活节是基督教的一个传统，但却和一个古老的异教节日有关。
• There were twelve pagan gods in all.
  那是全部的十二个异教神祗。
• Pagan gods that fitted in to the old, hierarchical world with its Pharaoh would have threatened that.
  而属于法老王统治的旧等级社会的异教神，则对此造成了威胁。
• More influential still, but not to good effect, were the religious and moral views of pagan antiquity.
  更有影响力仍在，但没有很好的效果，是宗教和道德的看法古代异教。
• This was originally a pagan festival of the dead, but later became a holiday to honor Christian saints.
  它原先是异教徒们纪念死者的节日，但是逐渐演变成一个纪念基督圣者的节日。
• This hellenization program led finally to acceptance of many pagan practices.
  这种希腊化进程最终导致接纳了许多异教做法。
• The singing of Christmas carols is a custom derived from early dance routines of pagan origin
  唱圣诞颂歌的风俗源自异教徒早期的舞蹈仪式。
• Tabor re-appears in history no more as a stone quarry but as a pagan sanctuary.
  大博尔再度出现在历史中已不再是一个石矿场，而是一个非基督徒的避难所。
• The priest grafted pagan rites upon Christian usage.
  这个牧师把异教徒的仪式融合于基督教惯例中。