secular

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n. 修道院外的教士 a. 世俗的, 现世的, 长期的

发音

UK /ˈsɛkjʊlə/
其它
CA /ˈsɛkjələɹ/
US /ˈsɛkjələɹ/

词形变化

seculars 复数 seculars more secular 比较级 most secular 最高级

别名

sæcular saecular

教材释义与例句

名词

修道院外的教士,(对宗教家而言的) 俗人

形容词

世俗的;长期的;现世的;不朽的

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A secular ecclesiastic, or one not bound by monastic rules.

  2. 2.

    A church official whose functions are confined to the vocal department of the choir.

  3. 3.

    A layman, as distinguished from a clergyman.

adj. C1 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    Not specifically religious; lay or civil, as opposed to clerical.

    世俗

    尘俗

    非宗教

  2. 2.

    Temporal; worldly, or otherwise not based on something timeless.

  3. 3.

    Not bound by the vows of a religious order.

    宗教

    Near-synonym: nonmonastic

    secular clergy in Catholicism

  4. 4.

    Happening once in an age or century.

    Near-synonyms: centurial, centennial

    The secular games of ancient Rome were held to mark the end of a saeculum and the beginning of the next.

  5. 5.

    Continuing over a long period of time.

    The long-term growth in population and income accounts for most secular trends in economic phenomena.

    on a secular basis

  6. 6.

    Centuries-old, ancient.

    文学
  7. 7.

    Relating to long-term non-periodic irregularities, especially in planetary motion or magnetic field.

    天文 地质
  8. 8.

    Unperturbed over time.

    The secular A and nonsecular B parts of hyperfine interaction for any particular frequencies ν_α and ν_β are derived from eqn.(21) by ...

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词源

From Middle English seculer, from Old French seculer, from Latin saeculāris (“of the age”), from saeculum.

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