catholic

英 [ˈkæθlɪk]

美 [ˈkæθlɪk]

adj.  全体基督教徒的; 基督教会的; 包罗万象的; 广泛的

复数：catholics　

高考CET6考研TOEFLIELTSGRE

Collins.3 / BNC.2595 / COCA.1757

牛津词典

adj.

adj.

• 全体基督教徒的；基督教会的
  connected with all Christians or the whole Christian Church
• 包罗万象的；广泛的
  including many or most things
  1. to have catholic tastes (= to like many different things)
     爱好广泛的

柯林斯词典

• See also:...the Catholic Church....Catholic priests....the Catholic faith.Anglo-Catholic
• N-COUNT 天主教信徒
  ACatholicis a member of the Catholic Church.
  1. At least nine out of ten Mexicans are baptised Catholics.
     墨西哥人至少有9/10是受洗的天主教徒。
• ADJ-GRADED 广泛的;种类繁多的
  If you describe a collection of things or people ascatholic, you are emphasizing that they are very varied.
  1. He was a man of catholic tastes, a lover of grand opera, history and the fine arts.
     他这个人兴趣广泛，大歌剧、历史、美术，无所不好。

英英释义

adj

• free from provincial prejudices or attachments
  1. catholic in one's tastes

双语例句

• England shifted officially from a Catholic to a Protestant faith in the 16th century.
  英格兰于16世纪正式由天主教改信新教。
• Her strong Catholic beliefs made abortion unthinkable.
  笃信天主教让她完全无法接受堕胎。
• Are they Catholic or protestant?
  他们是天主教徒还是新教徒？
• They began by brutally persecuting the Catholic Church.
  他们开始残酷迫害天主教。
• He was ordained a Catholic priest in 1982
  他于1982年被任命为天主教司铎。
• He had trained to be a Catholic priest.
  他受训成为了一名天主教神父。
• A few Chinese also attended churches of the Catholic and Baptist denominations.
  几个中国人也参加了教会的天主教和浸信会教派。
• James, my son, you are a Protestant and I am a Catholic.
  詹姆斯，我的儿子，你是个新教徒而我是个天主教徒。
• Mr Thomas was taught by the Catholic nuns whose school he attended.
  托马斯先生是在天主教修女创办的学校接受的教育。
• Ordinary Roman Catholic priests are not members of the regular clergy, but monks are.
  一般罗马天主教神父不是教团成员，但修道士则是。