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

• His favorite activity was taking teams of volunteers overseas to build church buildings for small congregations.
  他最喜欢做的事，就是带领义工队到世界各地为小教会建造教堂。
• The hilltop church attracted good congregations, in spite of its inaccessibility.
  山顶教堂虽然进出困难仍吸引了大批善男信女。
• 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。
• When they're anti-family, they often tend to allow women bigger roles in their congregations.
  如果是反家庭的经文，经常都会赋与女人更重要的角色，在教会中。
• 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。
• 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。
• All seminarians who have not taken examinations were told to return to their respective dioceses or congregations within three days, Church sources said.
  他们说，董事会又决定修生提前放暑假，在三天之内离院，返回所属的教区或修会。还没有参加期末考试的修生在当天下午已陆续离去。
• 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。
• 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。
• Any building where congregations gather for prayer.
  能够聚集信徒进行祷告的地方。