orthodox

/ˈɔːθədɒks/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈɔːrθədɑːks/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈȯr-thə-ˌdäks/ (ame, mw)

orthodox — 形容詞

1. following beliefs, methods, or tastes that most people see as the usual and prop

1.形容詞C2
釋義

正統；主流

做法或觀念符合公認標準

following beliefs, methods, or tastes that most people see as the usual and proper ones

例句

When house prices jumped, the bank kept an orthodox lending policy.

房價大漲時，那家銀行仍維持正統的放款政策。

orthodox lending policy

Most doctors took an orthodox view and advised bed rest.

多數醫生採取正統觀點，建議病人臥床休息。

orthodox view

同義詞
  • conventional

    a close match that often stresses ordinary or expected practice

  • traditional

    focuses more on older customs being kept

  • mainstream

    often suggests the view held by most people now

  • established

    stresses that the idea or method is already accepted

反義詞
  • unorthodox

    the direct opposite for ideas or methods that break with accepted practice

  • unconventional

    a common opposite for behavior or styles that do not follow the norm

文法句型

an orthodox view

an orthodox method

an orthodox approach

用法筆記

Common with nouns such as view, method, approach, and plan. Distinguish from sense 2, which is specifically about religion, and from sense 3, which refers to the Orthodox Church.

常見錯誤

❌My teacher has an orthodox church view of homework.
✅My teacher has an orthodox view of homework.
💡Sense 1 means accepted or conventional, not connected with the Orthodox Church.

2. holding firmly to the older rules and ways of worship in a religion

2.形容詞C2
釋義

正統派的

嚴守宗教傳統教義與做法

holding firmly to the older rules and ways of worship in a religion

例句

Leah grew up in an orthodox Jewish family in Brooklyn.

Leah 在 Brooklyn 的正統派猶太家庭裡長大。

orthodox Jewish family

The village imam teaches an orthodox form of Islam.

村裡的伊瑪目講授較為正統的伊斯蘭教教義。

orthodox form of a religion

同義詞
  • traditional

    a broader word for keeping older beliefs or customs

  • conservative

    often stresses resistance to change in belief or practice

  • observant

    focuses more on carefully following religious rules

反義詞
  • liberal

    can describe people or groups that accept more change in religious practice

  • reformist

    stresses support for changing older religious rules

文法句型

an orthodox Jew

an orthodox community

an orthodox reading of the law

用法筆記

Often used with names of religions, communities, or ways of reading sacred law. Distinguish from sense 3: this sense can describe strict traditional practice in many religions, not only the Orthodox Church.

常見錯誤

❌My cousin is very orthodox, so she goes to an Orthodox church.
✅My cousin is very orthodox, so she follows very traditional religious rules.
💡Sense 2 describes strict religious practice in general; it does not automatically mean the Orthodox Church.

3. used for the Christian Church called the Orthodox Church, or for its people, art

3.形容詞C1
釋義

東正教的

和東正教會及其禮儀有關

used for the Christian Church called the Orthodox Church, or for its people, art, and worship

例句

An Orthodox priest blessed the fishing boats before sunrise.

一位東正教的神父在日出前為漁船祝福。

Orthodox priest

The family keeps Orthodox icons beside the front door.

那家人把東正教的聖像放在大門旁邊。

Orthodox icons

同義詞
  • Eastern Orthodox

    the fuller term, especially when contrast with other Christian branches is needed

文法句型

the Orthodox Church

an Orthodox priest

Orthodox icons

用法筆記

Normally written with a capital O in this sense. Common before nouns like Church, priest, Christian, icon, or Easter. Distinguish from sense 2, which is about traditional religious practice more generally.

常見錯誤

❌My aunt is orthodox because she belongs to the Orthodox Church.
✅My aunt is Orthodox because she belongs to the Orthodox Church.
💡This church sense is normally capitalized.

orthodox — 名詞