congregations

英 [ˌkɒŋgrɪˈgeɪʃənz]

美 [ˌkɑŋgrəˈgeɪʃənz]

n.  (教堂的)会众; (从属某教堂并定期做礼拜的)教堂会众
congregation的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT-COLL 教堂会众
  The people who are attending a church service or who regularly attend a church service are referred to as thecongregation.
  1. Most members of the congregation begin arriving a few minutes before services.
     礼拜仪式开始前几分钟，大部分教堂会众陆续到来。

双语例句

• It has great impact on the social and political lives of congregations.
  它对信徒的精神生活、社会生活和政治生活都产生了极大的影响。
• The hilltop church attracted good congregations, in spite of its inaccessibility.
  山顶教堂虽然进出困难仍吸引了大批善男信女。
• His favorite activity was taking teams of volunteers overseas to build church buildings for small congregations.
  他最喜欢做的事，就是带领义工队到世界各地为小教会建造教堂。
• We've seen mayors building safe spaces where children can play, faith leaders educating their congregations about healthy eating, and parents preparing healthier meals and snacks for their kids.
  我们看到，市长们在为孩子修建可以让他们放心安全玩耍的地方，宗教领袖们在教导他们的教众学会健康饮食，父母们则为孩子准备更健康的三餐与零食。
• Any building where congregations gather for prayer.
  能够聚集信徒进行祷告的地方。
• Group of Baptist congregations believing the teachings of the French theologian John Calvin who believed in strict predetermination.
  施洗者圣会团体，信仰法国神学家约翰加尔文的教义，他相信严格预言学说。
• The Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary was one of the important congregations by which Catholicism transmited in china in modern society.
  圣母圣心会是近代西方天主教势力在华传教的一个重要修会。
• A group of religious congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faith.
  由自己的组织和独特信仰的宗教会众团体。
• Lesser Flamingos are very mobile, and depend on a chain of suitable feeding sites that can support very large congregations – more than a million birds on occasion.
  小火烈鸟移动性很强，依赖于合适的取食地，有时会有多大百万只的大群集结。
• His first sermon was delivered, in heavily-accented English, by the River Thames in Petersham, but congregations did not respond to him.
  在皮特舍姆的泰晤士河畔，他用地方口音浓重的英语首次布道，但信众却没有任何响应。