a series of actions that are always performed in the same way, especially as part of a religious ceremony 程序；仪规；礼节；（尤指）宗教仪式 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 festivalsc1Boys undergo a circumcision ritual to usher them into adulthood. 男孩子经历割礼仪式进入成年。 It takes several days to complete the ritual. 完成这个仪式要花几天时间。 Their funerals follow the rituals of the Catholic church. 他们的葬礼遵循天主教会的仪式。 They practise/practice certain rituals in connection with rites of passage. 他们每次开启人生的重要阶段时都要举行某些仪式。 Women's roles in the rituals of many religions have been limited. 在许多宗教的仪式中，妇女的作用都很有限。 rituals performed by druids at Stonehenge on Midsummer's Day 德鲁伊特人施洗约翰节时在巨石阵举行的仪式 secret rituals in the sacred forest 在神圣的森林中举行的秘密仪式 Don't let celebration of this festival become an empty ritual. 不要让庆祝这个节日成为一种空洞的仪式。 In an elaborate and impressive ritual, Aaron and his sons are instituted to the priesthood. 在一个复杂而令人印象深刻的仪式中，亚伦和他的儿子被任命为祭司。 Many folk dances have their origins in ancient pagan rituals. 许多民间舞蹈源自古代异教徒的仪式。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- ancient
- primitive
- traditional
- …
- conduct
- do
- enact
- …
- take place
- in a/the ritual
- believe in God/Christ/Allah/free will/predestination/heaven and hell/an afterlife/reincarnation
something that is done regularly and always in the same way 习惯；老规矩 Extra ExamplesA cognac before bed is one of our little nightly rituals. 临睡之前喝点儿白兰地是我们每天晚上的小习惯之一。 Bargaining at the markets is now just an empty ritual. 市场上的讨价还价现在只不过是走形式罢了。 Eating around the table was a family ritual that could not be broken. 围着桌子吃饭是一个不可打破的家庭规矩。 He makes an elaborate ritual of washing the car. 他洗汽车时程序总是相当复杂。 Her visits to her aged father have become a ritual. 她看望老父已成了习惯。 Jake began the evening ritual of asking about everyone's day. 杰克晚上开始例行公事地询问大家一天的情况。 She had to go through the ritual of kissing the toys before her son would go to sleep. 她得亲吻一遍玩具后儿子才肯睡觉。 He took to the sauna ritual with great enthusiasm. 他以极大的热情参加了桑拿仪式。 It was all part of the ritual of returning home. 那是回家必做的事。 She had been following this daily ritual for several months. 几个月来她每天都遵循这一习惯。 The bargaining isn't even a formality, it is just an empty ritual. 讨价还价甚至不是一种形式，它只是一种空洞的仪式。 There had always been this little ritual—chocolates after lunch on Sundays. 一直有一个小小的仪式——星期天午饭后吃巧克力。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- ancient
- primitive
- traditional
- …
- conduct
- do
- enact
- …
- take place
- in a/the ritual
Word Originlate 16th cent. (as an adjective): from Latin ritualis, from ritus ‘(religious) usage’.