acolyte

英 [ˈækəlaɪt]

美 [ˈækəlaɪt]

n.  侍从; 随员; 助手; 襄礼员

复数：acolytes　

GRE

BNC.24621 / COCA.20449

牛津词典

noun

• 侍从；随员；助手
  a person who follows and helps a leader
• 襄礼员
  a person who helps a priest in some church ceremonies

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 追随者;侍从;助手
  Anacolyteis a follower or assistant of an important person.
  1. Richard Brome, an acolyte of Ben Jonson's, wrote 'The Jovial Crew' in 1641...
     本·琼森的仆人理查德·布罗姆在1641年写了《一伙快活人》。
  2. To his acolytes, he is known simply as 'the Boss'.
     他被手下人简称为“老板”。
• N-COUNT 辅祭;教士助手
  Anacolyteis someone who assists a priest in performing certain religious services.
  1. When the barge reached the shrine, acolytes removed the pall.
     当驳船抵达圣地时，辅祭除去了柩衣。

英英释义

noun

• someone who assists a priest or minister in a liturgical service

双语例句

• The little acolyte, being very young, sometimes cast his eyes around to see what the old Father Prior was doing.
  小和尚有时抬眼瞧瞧老和尚在做什么。主持只是一个劲儿拿砖磨石。
• When the barge reached the shrine, acolytes removed the pall.
  当驳船抵达圣地时，辅祭除去了柩衣。
• Or I, who makes me sad? The acolyte.
  是你还是我，能令我伤悲？
• Richard Brome, an acolyte of Ben Jonson's, wrote 'The Jovial Crew' in 1641
  本·琼森的仆人理查德·布罗姆在1641年写了《一伙快活人》。
• Others say of course that he is an acolyte of the old regime, he's exactly what is wrong with Egypt now.
  当然也有人说，他是旧政权的支持者，埃及的问题就出在他身上。
• His tenure in his previous position was undistinguished. However, he is a long-term loyalist ( not to say acolyte) of the Congress party's president, Sonia Gandhi.
  欣德在担任电力部长期间表现平平，但他长期效忠于国大党主席索妮娅•甘地（SoniaGandhi）（甚至可以说是她的助手）。
• Slowly, Grandmother Chen raised her head and looked around, whereupon the "acolyte" tugged at Xiangzi to make him kowtow.
  慢慢的，陈二奶奶抬起头来，点着头看了看大家；童儿扯了扯祥子，教他赶紧磕头。
• Curiously, Keynes 'most reflexive modern acolyte, Nobel Prize-winning economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman, thinks it would be no big deal for the dollar to lose its international status.
  奇怪的是，凯恩斯最忠实的当代追随者&诺贝尔经济学奖得主、《纽约时报》（NewYorkTimes）专栏作家保罗克***曼（PAULKRUGMAN）却认为，美元丧失现有的国际地位没什么大不了的。
• The "acolyte" promptly handed her a piece of thick yellow paper. The medium grabbed an incense stick and, wetting it with spittle, began to write.
  童儿急忙递过黄绵纸，大仙在香苗上抓了几抓，而后沾着吐沫在纸上画。
• He or she was an acolyte of Saint patrick.
  他或她是圣帕特里克的追随者。