a ceremony performed by a particular group of people, often for religious purposes (宗教等的)仪式,典礼 funeral rites 丧葬仪式 initiation rites (= performed when a new member joins a secret society) (秘密团体的)入会仪式
Collocations Religionsee also last ritesReligion 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 festivalsc2Baptism is an initiation rite within Christianity. 洗礼是基督教的一种入会仪式。 New members of the cult have to undergo a secret initiation rite. 异教团体的新成员必须进行秘密的入会仪式。 The practice was originally a Roman fertility rite to praise Pomona, the goddess of fruit trees. 这种做法最初是罗马的生育仪式,以赞美果树女神波莫纳。 religious/ancient/primitive/traditional/pagan rites 宗教/古代/原始/传统/异教仪式
Oxford Collocations DictionaryRite is used after these nouns:- burial
- funeral
- initiation
- …
Word OriginMiddle English: from Latin ritus ‘(religious) usage’.