cults

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n.  (对生活方式、看法、观念等的)狂热，时尚，崇拜; (有极端宗教信仰的)异教团体; 宗教信仰; 宗教习俗
cult的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 小宗教组织;(尤指)异教，邪教
  Acultis a fairly small religious group, especially one which is considered strange.
  1. The teenager may have been abducted by a religious cult...
     这个少年可能被一个异教组织绑架了。
  2. The cult of Isis was carried from Egypt into Greece and Rome.
     对伊希斯的膜拜从埃及传到了希腊和罗马。
• ADJ 受特定群体欢迎的;在特定群体中流行的
  Cultis used to describe things that are very popular or fashionable among a particular group of people.
  1. Since her death, she has become a cult figure...
     她死后成了部分人狂热崇拜的偶像。
  2. The film is destined to become a cult classic...
     这部电影注定会成为风靡一时的经典之作。
  3. The Osaka-based group is popular home in Japan and has developed a cult following in the United States.
     那个来自大阪的组合在日本本土很受欢迎，在美国也拥有一批狂热的歌迷。
• N-SING (特定群体的)偶像，时尚
  Someone or something that is aculthas become very popular or fashionable among a particular group of people.
  1. Ludlam was responsible for making Ridiculous Theatre something of a cult...
     荒诞派戏剧的风靡要归功于勒德拉姆。
  2. The bra has gone from being a fashion classic to a fashion cult.
     胸罩已经从经典时尚转变为流行时尚。
• N-COUNT 热潮;关注
  Thecultof something is a situation in which people regard that thing as very important or special.
  1. ...the cult of youth that recently gripped publishing...
     对青年的关注成为近期出版界的焦点
  2. Society is entitled and bound to protect itself against a cult of violence...
     社会有权力和义务保护自身不受暴力行为的侵害。
  3. Meanwhile the personality cult around this campaigner grew.
     同时，对这位竞选者的个人崇拜正在逐渐升温。

双语例句

• Although Folk Beliefs in Suzhou District was always prosperous, it became much more thriving in Ming and Qing Dynasties, which was first an inevitable result of its development. But it was also related to the development of commodity economy and government's support of selected cults.
  苏州地区民间信仰历来兴盛，到了明清时期更趋发展，这一方面是其自身发展的必然结果，同时也与本地商品经济的发达息息相关，而统治者有选择的提倡则起了推波助澜的作用。
• Hi An, I think is amazing all the stuff that have taught to us today, I would love to learn much more about chinese foods, habits and cults.
  你好，安，我认为今天你教给我们的东西真是棒极了，我真的想多了解中国的食品，习惯和文化。
• Compared with the ordinary people, officials 'attitudes toward popular cults are more positive.
  与普通民众相比，官员对于对祠神信仰的态度更为积极。
• RI is a nonprofit tax-exempt educational institution devoted to the study of destructive cults, controversial groups and movements.
  罗斯研究所是一个非盈利性的免税教育机构，专门从事破坏性膜拜团体、有争议团体和运动的研究。
• The fact that so many strange cults are enjoying such success is proof that children feel the need for something spiritual in their life.
  许多奇怪的个人崇拜能大行其时，就足以证明孩子们在生活中需要一些精神的东西。
• The confluence of Buddhism and Taoism with the folk cults in late Tang
  论中晚唐佛道教与民间祠祀的合流
• In that sense, the work of GATA might be seen as an echo of the cargo cults that anthropologists study in the Pacific Islands: something that offers pattern and meaning amid terrifying disorder.
  在这个意义上，gata的工作可能令人联想到人类学家在太平洋岛屿上研究的货物崇拜：某种在造成可怕混乱的同时，带来模式和意义的东西。
• Where in the world of religions, cults and creeds, can we find a master of such brilliance?
  在这个具有宗教、教理、教仪的世界上，何处还能够找到这么一位卓越而出色的导师？！
• In the state ritual system, Buddhism and Taoism got close to folk cults in position.
  再次，在国家祭祀体系中，佛、道二教与民间神祠的地位也开始逐步接近。
• DC22: Orcus, the Demon Prince of the Undead, has inspired numerous and varied cults.
  奥喀斯，掌管不死生物的恶魔领主，已经召集了众多各式各样的崇拜者。