a belief or set of beliefs held by a group or organization that others are expected to accept without argument 教义;教理;信条;教条 political/religious/party dogma 政治/宗教/政党信条 She has caused a storm by calling into question one of the central dogmas of the Church. 她对教会的一个核心教义提出质疑,引发了一场风暴。
Extra ExamplesTopics Opinion and argumentc2People are beginning to question the old dogmas. 人们开始质疑旧的信条。 The newspaper seeks to be independent of political dogma. 这份报纸力求不受政治信条影响。 the central dogma of molecular biology 分子生物学的中心法则 He always tried to act independently of party dogma. 他总是试图独立于党的教条行事。 The council reaffirmed its opposition to all forms of racist dogma. 委员会重申反对一切形式的种族主义教条。 We do not allow the teaching of religious dogma in our schools. 我们不允许在学校教授宗教教义。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- old
- traditional
- current
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- accept
- challenge
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Word Originmid 16th cent.: via late Latin from Greek dogma ‘opinion’, from dokein ‘seem good, think’.