secular

英 [ˈsekjələ(r)]

美 [ˈsekjələr]

adj.  现世的; 世俗的; 非宗教的; 教区的; 在俗的
n.  牧师; [宗]俗僧; 俗人; 〈美〉（黑人中间流行的）俗歌

复数：seculars　

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Collins.1 / BNC.5841 / COCA.4219

牛津词典

adj.

• 现世的；世俗的；非宗教的
  not connected with spiritual or religious matters
  1. secular music
     世俗音乐
  2. Ours is a secular society.
     我们的社会是个世俗社会。
• 教区的；在俗的
  living among ordinary people rather than in a religious community

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 世俗的;现世的;非宗教的
  You usesecularto describe things that have no connection with religion.
  1. He spoke about preserving the country as a secular state.
     他谈及了保持该国世俗化的问题。
  2. ...secular and religious education.
     世俗教育和宗教教育

英英释义

noun

• someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person
  Synonym:laymanlayperson

adj

• of or relating to clergy not bound by monastic vows
  1. the secular clergy
• not concerned with or devoted to religion
  1. sacred and profane music
  2. secular drama
  3. secular architecture
  4. children being brought up in an entirely profane environment
  Synonym:profane
• characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy
  1. set his collar in laic rather than clerical position
  2. the lay ministry
  Synonym:laiclay
• characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world
  1. worldly goods and advancement
  2. temporal possessions of the church
  Synonym:worldlytemporal
• of or relating to the doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations

双语例句

• Academic power in early medieval universities gradually developed in the extrusion of the church, secular society.
  早期中世纪大学的学术权力是在教会和世俗社会的挤压中逐步发展起来的。
• This decline in potential growth leads directly to the debate about the savings glut and secular stagnation.
  这种潜在增长率的下降直接引发了关于储蓄过剩和长期停滞的争论。
• We live in a secular age, and I'm a product of it.
  我们生活在一个非宗教的时代，我是这个时代的产物。
• The American greeting card and decoration industries encourage the celebration of both religious and secular holidays.
  美国的节日贺卡和装饰业增添了宗教节日和习俗节日的欢乐气氛。
• You stop singing that secular music.
  你别再唱那些世俗的歌了。
• They also undertook work in Bengal in1874, but this has since been relinquished to the secular clergy.
  他们还承诺在孟加拉工作于1874年，但是这已经放弃了对世俗的神职人员。
• We are not believers in the more extreme interpretations of secular stagnation or deflation.
  我们并非长期停滞或通缩等更极端解读的信徒。
• Atheist China is now the site for a very secular form of pilgrimage.
  无神论的中国现在成了一种非常世俗的朝拜形式的目的地。
• We live in an increasingly secular society.
  宗教之“世俗化”、“生活化”为其特色。我们生活在一个日益非宗教的社会。
• Medieval social organization did not generate a philosophy oriented to problems of social change and secular political obligation.
  在中世纪社会组织的环境中，根本无法产生专门研究社会变迁和世俗政治义务问题的哲学。