Methodist
英['meθədɪst]
美
- n. 卫理公会派教徒
- adj. 卫理公会教派的
词态变化
复数: Methodists;
中文词源
Methodist 循道宗信徒
18世纪从英国国教分离出的基督教新教教徒。字面意思即教规派，守规则的人，来自method,方法，规则，-ist,人。
英文词源
- Methodist (n.)
- "One of a new kind of puritans lately arisen, so called from their profession to live by rules and in constant method" [Johnson]. Protestant religious sect founded 1729 at Oxford University by John and Charles Wesley, took that name almost from inception, but it had been used since at least 1686 for various new methods of worship. Related: Methodism.
双语例句
- 1. Edwards is a Methodist lay preacher and social worker.
- 爱德华是一位循道宗在俗传教士兼社会工作者。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. "Let us pray," said the Methodist chaplain.
- “我们来祈祷吧，”那个循道宗牧师说。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. I was brought up a Methodist.
- 我是受基督教循道宗的教育长大的。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. Well, a month afterwards, Mrs. Jessup and I were married in a Methodist Church.
- 唔, 一个月以后,我和杰瑟普夫人在一座卫理公会教堂里举行了婚礼.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. Dad, nominally a Methodist, entered Churches only for weddings and funerals.
- 爸名义上是卫理公会教徒, 可只去教堂参加婚礼和葬礼.
来自《简明英汉词典》