- [usually singular]
God’s help and protection, or a prayer asking for this 上帝的恩宠；祝福；祝颂 Collocations ReligionReligion 宗教 Being religious 笃信宗教的 - believe in God/Christ/Allah/free will/predestination/heaven and hell/an afterlife/reincarnation
信仰上帝／耶稣基督／真主／自由意志／宿命论／天堂与地狱／来生／转世说 - be/become a believer/an atheist/an agnostic/a Christian/Muslim/Hindu/Buddhist, etc.
是／成为信徒／无神论者／不可知论者／基督徒／穆斯林／印度教教徒／佛教徒等 - convert to/practise a religion/Buddhism/Catholicism/Christianity/Islam/Judaism, etc.
- go to church/(North American English) temple (= the synagogue)
去教堂／会堂做礼拜 - go to the local church/mosque/synagogue/gurdwara
去当地的教堂／清真寺／犹太教会堂／谒师所做礼拜 - belong to a church/a religious community
是教堂／宗教团体的成员 - join/enter the church/a convent/a monastery/a religious sect/the clergy/the priesthood
成为牧师／女修道士／僧侣／宗教人员／神职人员／司祭 - praise/worship/obey/serve/glorify God
赞美／敬拜／遵从／侍奉／颂扬上帝
Celebrations and ritual 庆典与仪式 - attend/hold/conduct/lead a service
参加／举行／组织／主持礼拜仪式 - perform a ceremony/a rite/a ritual/a baptism/the Hajj/a mitzvah
举行典礼／仪式／宗教仪式／洗礼／朝觐／受戒仪式 - carry out/perform a sacred/burial/funeral/fertility/purification rite
举行宗教／安葬／葬礼／丰收／净化仪式 - go on/make a pilgrimage
前往朝圣 - celebrate Christmas/Easter/Eid/Ramadan/Hanukkah/Passover/Diwali
庆祝圣诞节／复活节／开斋节／斋月／修殿节／逾越节／排灯节 - observe/break the Sabbath/a fast/Ramadan
守／不守安息日／斋戒／斋月 - deliver/preach/hear a sermon
传道；讲道；听布道 - lead/address the congregation
带领会众；对会众发表演讲 - say/recite a prayer/blessing
念诵／背诵经文；祝祷
Religious texts and ideas 宗教经文与思想 - preach/proclaim/spread the word of God/the Gospel/the message of Islam
传布／颂扬／传播上帝的话／《福音》／伊斯兰教义 - study/follow the dharma/the teachings of Buddha
研究／遵循达摩／佛教教义 - read/study/understand/interpret scripture/the Bible/the Koran/the gospel/the Torah
阅读／研究／理解／阐释经文／《圣经》／《古兰经》／《福音》／托拉 - be based on/derive from divine revelation
基于／来源于上帝的启示 - commit/consider something heresy/sacrilege
犯异端／渎圣罪；认为…是异端邪说／亵渎圣物
Religious belief and experience 宗教信仰与体验 - seek/find/gain enlightenment/wisdom
寻求／找到／获得启迪／智慧 - strengthen/lose your faith
增强／失去信德 - keep/practise/practice/abandon the faith
忠于／践行／放弃信仰 - save/purify/lose your soul
拯救／净化／失去灵魂 - obey/follow/keep/break/violate a commandment/Islamic law/Jewish law
服从／遵循／恪守／违反／亵渎诫条／伊斯兰教法／犹太教法 - be/accept/do God’s will
是／接受／践行上帝的旨意 - receive/experience divine grace
得到／感受神的恩宠 - achieve/attain enlightenment/salvation/nirvana
获得启迪／拯救／涅槃 - undergo a conversion/rebirth/reincarnation
经历皈依／重生／转世化身 - hear/answer a prayer
聆听／回应祷告 - commit/confess/forgive a sin
犯罪；忏悔；宽恕罪过 - do/perform penance
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Extra ExamplesTopics Religion and festivalsc1They asked God's blessing on their pastoral work. 他们为自己的牧师工作祈求上帝的祝福。 The blessing was said in Hebrew. 祷告用的是希伯来语。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- traditional
- papal
- divine
- …
- bestow
- give
- make
- …
- blessing on
- believe in God/Christ/Allah/free will/predestination/heaven and hell/an afterlife/reincarnation
- [usually singular]
approval of or permission for something 赞同；许可 The government gave its blessing to the new plans. 政府已批准这些新计划。 He went with his parents' blessing. 他是得到父母的同意去的。
Extra ExamplesHe went off to Latin America with his mother's blessing. 征得母亲的同意后他去了拉丁美洲。 She received the full blessing of her employers. 她得到了雇主们的全力支持。 The budget was pushed through by the government without the blessing of the opposition. 政府在没有反对派同意的情况下通过了预算。 The document received official blessing. 这份文件得到了官方的批准。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- full
- official
- have
- give somebody/something
- get
- …
- with somebody’s blessing
- without somebody’s blessing
something that is good or helpful 好事；有益之事 Lack of traffic is one of the blessings of country life. 往来车辆少是乡村生活的一大好处。 It's a blessing that nobody was in the house at the time. 幸好当时屋子里没人。 Her looks turned out to be more of a curse than a blessing. 她的容貌最终带给她的是祸不是福。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
- real
- mixed
- …
- blessing for
- a blessing in disguise
- count your blessings
Idioms
a blessing in disguise
something that seems to be a problem at first, but that has good results in the end 因祸得福；祸中有福 Losing your job might turn out to be a blessing in disguise. 失业可能会因祸得福。
count your blessings
to be grateful for the good things in your life 知足