记忆方法
为了记住单词“clergy”，可以采用“联想记忆法”，将“clergy”与“clear”联想起来，因为两者拼写相似。可以这样想象：一群穿着干净整洁的教士（clearly dressed clergymen），代表牧师、神职人员等宗教职业者。通过这样的图像，可以快速记住“clergy”的含义。
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词族 · clergy
派生词
中文词源
clergy 神职人员
来自PIE*kel,切，劈，词源同clone,gladiator.本义为切成细条的小木板，用于抽签决定命运， 后比喻上帝选中的人，上帝分配的人，以为神职人员蒙上神圣色彩。
英语词源
- clergy (n.)
- c. 1200, clergie "office or dignity of a clergyman," from two Old French words: 1. clergié "clerics, learned men," from Medieval Latin clericatus, from Late Latin clericus (see clerk (n.)); 2. clergie "learning, knowledge, erudition," from clerc, also from Late Latin clericus. Meaning "persons ordained for religious work" is from c. 1300.
权威例句
- 1. Some of the clergy refused to acknowledge the new king'slegitimacy.
- 一部分神职人员拒绝承认新国王的合法地位。
- 2. Clergy and laity alike are divided in their views.
- 神职人员和信众同样都观点各异。
- 3. The military has accused the clergy of mixing religion and politics.
- 军方指责该牧师将宗教与政治混为一谈。
- 4. These proposals met opposition from the clergy.
- 这些提案遭到神职人员的反对。
- 5. All the local clergy were asked to attend the ceremony.
- 所有当地的圣职人员都获邀参加这项仪式。