secular

英 [ˈsekjələ(r)]

美 [ˈsekjələr]

adj.  现世的; 世俗的; 非宗教的; 教区的; 在俗的
n.  牧师; [宗]俗僧; 俗人; 〈美〉（黑人中间流行的）俗歌

复数：seculars　

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Collins.1 / BNC.5841 / COCA.4219

牛津词典

adj.

• 现世的；世俗的；非宗教的
  not connected with spiritual or religious matters
  1. secular music
     世俗音乐
  2. Ours is a secular society.
     我们的社会是个世俗社会。
• 教区的；在俗的
  living among ordinary people rather than in a religious community

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 世俗的;现世的;非宗教的
  You usesecularto describe things that have no connection with religion.
  1. He spoke about preserving the country as a secular state.
     他谈及了保持该国世俗化的问题。
  2. ...secular and religious education.
     世俗教育和宗教教育

英英释义

noun

• someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person
  Synonym:laymanlayperson

adj

• of or relating to clergy not bound by monastic vows
  1. the secular clergy
• not concerned with or devoted to religion
  1. sacred and profane music
  2. secular drama
  3. secular architecture
  4. children being brought up in an entirely profane environment
  Synonym:profane
• characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy
  1. set his collar in laic rather than clerical position
  2. the lay ministry
  Synonym:laiclay
• characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world
  1. worldly goods and advancement
  2. temporal possessions of the church
  Synonym:worldlytemporal
• of or relating to the doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations

双语例句

• Do you believe in perpetual love in this secular world?
  在这个世俗的世界你还相信有天长地久的爱情吗？
• Atheist China is now the site for a very secular form of pilgrimage.
  无神论的中国现在成了一种非常世俗的朝拜形式的目的地。
• Britain is a plural society in which the secular predominates
  英国是个世俗主导的多元社会。
• These three concerns secular stagnation and deflation, slow underlying economic growth and rising inequality are real.
  这三个令人担忧的问题&长期停滞和通缩，缓慢的经济潜在增长以及不平等的扩大，都是确实存在的。
• It is approached as if it was a secular, political and diplomatic matter.
  这是由于接近如果这是一个世俗的，政治和外交问题。
• Transcends life and death, the secular interests of the Department can be dismissed.
  超越了生死，对世俗利益就能淡然处之了。
• He spoke about preserving the country as a secular state.
  他谈及了保持该国世俗化的问题。
• Medieval social organization did not generate a philosophy oriented to problems of social change and secular political obligation.
  在中世纪社会组织的环境中，根本无法产生专门研究社会变迁和世俗政治义务问题的哲学。
• We live in an increasingly secular society.
  宗教之“世俗化”、“生活化”为其特色。我们生活在一个日益非宗教的社会。
• The church can only go so far in secular matters.
  教会在世俗事务上只能做这么多。