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

• There are churches and mosques here.
  这儿有天主堂和清真寺。
• 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。
• The town centre is thick with churches and cafe-lined squares.
  市中心随处都是教堂和被咖啡店包围的广场。
• 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。
• Many churches provide excellent pastoral counselling.
  很多教堂提供出色的牧灵辅导。
• 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。
• 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。
• The danger of commercialism is that the churches end up dancing to the tune of their big business sponsors.
  商业主义的危险就是教会最终可能会被大赞助商牵着鼻子走。
• They also built churches, schools, hospitals and other places.
  他们还修建了许多教堂、学校、医院和其他建筑。
• A number of churches were sacked and sacrilegious acts committed.
  很多教堂都被洗劫一空，而且作出了诸多渎神之举。