secularity
secularity — 名詞
1. something that belongs to ordinary non-religious life rather than to religion or
世俗事物
非宗教的事物或事務
something that belongs to ordinary non-religious life rather than to religion or spiritual practice
The essay separates sacred duties from the secularities of daily work.
那篇文章把神聖職責和日常工作的世俗事務分開。
secularities of daily work
For the historian, the market rules were secularities, not church laws.
對那位歷史學家來說，市場規則是世俗事務，不是教會法律。
secularities, not church laws
The monk wrote little about politics or other secularities.
那位修士很少寫政治或其他世俗事務。
Old parish records mixed spiritual concerns with local secularities.
舊教區紀錄把靈性關懷和地方世俗事務混在一起。
- secular matter
clearer and much more common
- worldly thing
broader and sometimes slightly disapproving
- sacred matter
something connected with religion or worship
文法句型
a secularity
secularities
religious and secularities
用法筆記
This countable sense is rare and formal. In everyday English, people usually say 'secular matters', 'worldly things', or 'non-religious matters'.
常見錯誤
Do not use this rare noun when the adjective is enough. Say 'secular music' or 'secular education', not 'music of secularity'.
2. the quality or condition of being separate from religion or not controlled by re
世俗性
不受宗教支配的性質
the quality or condition of being separate from religion or not controlled by religious beliefs
The law protects the secularity of public schools.
這項法律保障公立學校的世俗性。
secularity of public schools
Researchers studied the increasing secularity of the city's younger voters.
研究人員探討該市年輕選民日益提高的世俗性。
increasing secularity
The museum's secularity made it a neutral place for the interfaith meeting.
這座博物館的世俗性讓它成為跨宗教會議的中立場所。
Debates about state secularity often focus on schools and courts.
關於國家世俗性的辯論常聚焦在學校和法院。
- secularism
often means a belief or policy supporting separation from religion
- non-religious character
plain explanation of the idea
- religious character
quality of being connected to religion
- sacredness
quality of being holy
文法句型
the secularity of + noun
increasing secularity
public secularity
用法筆記
This is the more useful sense for academic or legal writing. It often describes institutions, public life, or social trends.
常見錯誤
Do not confuse 'secularity' with 'security'. They look similar only at the beginning; 'secularity' is about religion and public life.