christianity

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christianity — 名詞

1. a world religion whose followers believe in one God and accept the teachings fou

1.名詞B1
釋義

基督教

以耶穌基督為核心的世界宗教

a world religion whose followers believe in one God and accept the teachings found in the Bible, which they regard as the sacred story of Jesus Christ

例句

Christianity, with its belief in Jesus Christ, is the world's most widely followed religion with over two billion adherents.

基督教信仰耶穌基督，是世界上最多人信奉的宗教，擁有超過二十億信徒。

uncountable noun, used without article

Leila's family converted to Christianity when she was a young child.

Leila 全家在她很小的時候就改信基督教。

collocation: convert to Christianity

常見搭配
  • convert to Christianity
  • practice Christianity
  • the spread of Christianity
  • the history of Christianity
  • early Christianity
  • follow Christianity
  • the teachings of Christianity
同義詞
  • the Christian faith

    more personal or devotional tone; focuses on belief and trust rather than the institutional religion

  • the Christian religion

    more formal and academic; emphasises the organised system of beliefs and practices

  • Christendom

    historical or geographical term referring to the worldwide body of Christians, not the belief system itself

文法句型

Christianity + verb

in Christianity

of Christianity

convert to Christianity

用法筆記

Always capitalised as a proper noun. Usually used without a definite article ('in Christianity', not 'the Christianity'), except when followed by 'of' ('the history of Christianity', 'the spread of Christianity'). A person who follows Christianity is called a Christian (noun).

常見錯誤

She converted to the Christianity last year.
She converted to Christianity last year.
'Christianity' is a proper noun and normally does not take an article.
Many people follow Christian.
Many people follow Christianity.
'Christian' is a person; the religion is 'Christianity'.
He is a Christianity.
He is a Christian.
Use 'Christian' for a person who follows the religion.

同根字

  • Christian
    名詞B1
  • Christian
    形容詞B1
  • Christ
    專有名詞B1
  • Christianize
    動詞C1
  • Christianization
    名詞C1
  • unchristian
    形容詞C2

常見搭配

名詞搭配

副詞搭配

  • widely practiced
  • deeply rooted
  • historically significant

常用片語

  • the rise of Christianity
  • the influence of Christianity
  • the spread of Christianity
  • the history of Christianity

介系詞搭配