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

• The Holy Redeemer Lutheran Church in San jose, california, shares its building with four other congregations, including Korean and Vietnamese baptists.
  加州圣？何塞的路德赎世主堂和其他四支教徒会众（包括韩国和越南浸礼会教徒）共用一个教堂。
• 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。
• 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。
• It is always a heart-breaking thing to see these congregations of men robed in black, murmuring together in low voices, on the threshold of the halls of justice.
  看见这些成群的黑衣人立在公堂门前低声耳语，那总是件令人寒心的事。
• 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。
• As free congregations we enter into this covenant, promising to one another our mutual trust and support.
  作为一个自由参与的团体，我们的成员都自觉地遵守以上宗旨，并立志互相信任及帮助。
• Chien-cheng shoe sincerely welcomes overseas investors congregations in business negotiations, while welcoming new and old customers like carrying shoes orders.
  建诚鞋业竭诚欢迎海内外客商来电来函洽谈业务，同时欢迎新老客户携鞋样订货。
• 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。
• 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。
• Most feel hurt by anti-gay attitudes expressed by friends, neighbors, classmates, or church and temple congregations& and rejected by teasing about having a gay dad.
  当有邻居朋友同学或是教友表明反对同性恋的态度时，绝大多数感到很受伤害&当他有一个同志爸爸而遭嘲笑和拒绝时。