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an offence against God or against a religious or moral law 罪，罪恶，罪过（对神的冒犯或对宗教戒律、道德规范的违犯） to commit a sin 犯罪 Confess your sins to God and he will forgive you. 向上帝忏悔，上帝就会宽恕你。 God forgives our sins. 上帝宽恕我们的罪。 The Bible says that stealing is a sin. 《圣经》上说偷盗有罪。
Collocations Religionsee also deadly sin, mortal sin, original sinReligion 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 festivalsc1It's considered a sin to be disrespectful to your parents. 对父母不敬是一种罪过。 Even politicians are not immune from the sins of the flesh. 即使是政治家也难免犯下肉欲之罪。 Our sons will pay for the sins of their fathers. 我们的子孙将为他们父辈所犯的罪付出代价。 We believe in the forgiveness of sins. 我们笃信要宽恕他人的罪过。 We have repented for past sins. Now it's time to move on. 我们已为过去的过错忏悔，现在该移步前行了。 Father, I have committed a sin. 神父，我犯了罪。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- cardinal
- deadly
- mortal
- …
- commit
- confess
- repent
- …
- tax
- bin
- sin against
- sin of
- the forgiveness of sin
- the forgiveness of sins
- the seven deadly sins
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the act of breaking a religious or moral law 罪行，犯罪（违犯宗教戒律、道德规范的行为） a life of sin 罪过的一生 Believers are called on to turn away from sin and embrace a life of prayer. 信徒被要求远离罪恶，奉行祷告。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- cardinal
- deadly
- mortal
- …
- commit
- confess
- repent
- …
- tax
- bin
- sin against
- sin of
- the forgiveness of sin
- the forgiveness of sins
- the seven deadly sins
- …
- [countable, usually singular] (informal)
an action that people think is very bad 过错；过失；恶行 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- cardinal
- deadly
- mortal
- …
- commit
- confess
- repent
- …
- tax
- bin
- sin against
- sin of
- the forgiveness of sin
- the forgiveness of sins
- the seven deadly sins
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Word Originnoun Old English synn (noun), syngian (verb); probably related to Latin sons, sont- ‘guilty’.
Idioms
be/do something for your sins
cover/hide a multitude of sins
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to hide the real situation or facts when these are not good or pleasant 掩藏实情；掩盖真相 She was dressed in loose comfortable clothes that hid a multitude of sins. 她穿着宽松舒适的衣服，隐藏了许多罪恶。
live in sin
- (old-fashioned or humorous)
to live together and have a sexual relationship without being married 未婚同居；姘居
(as) miserable/ugly as sin
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used to emphasize that somebody is very unhappy or ugly 可怜得／难看得要命 More Like This Similes in idiomsSimiles in idioms- (as) bald as a coot
- (as) blind as a bat
- (as) bright as a button
- (as) bold as brass
- as busy as a bee
- as clean as a whistle
- (as) dead as a/the dodo
- (as) deaf as a post
- (as) dull as ditchwater
- (as) fit as a fiddle
- as flat as a pancake
- (as) good as gold
- (as) mad as a hatter/a March hare
- (as) miserable/ugly as sin
- as old as the hills
- (as) pleased/proud as Punch
- as pretty as a picture
- (as) regular as clockwork
- (as) quick as a flash
- (as) safe as houses
- (as) sound as a bell
- (as) steady as a rock
- (as) thick as two short planks
- (as) tough as old boots