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knowledge about and understanding of something; the process of understanding something or making somebody understand it 启迪;启发;开导;开明 The newspapers provided little enlightenment about the cause of the accident. 报章对事故原因并未解释清楚。 spiritual enlightenment 心灵启迪
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 ExamplesSeeking enlightenment, I asked one of my professors about the matter. 为了弄明白这件事,我向我的一位教授请教。 This is something about which we would welcome further enlightenment. 这是我们希望得到进一步启发的事情。
- the Enlightenment[singular]
the period in the 18th century in Europe when many writers and scientists began to argue that science and reason were more important than religion and tradition Topics Historyc1, Religion and festivalsc1(18 世纪欧洲的)启蒙运动