sect

英 [sekt]

美 [sekt]

n.  派别; 宗派

复数：sects　第三人称单数：sects　

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牛津词典

noun

• 派别；宗派
  a small group of people who belong to a particular religion but who have some beliefs or practices which separate them from the rest of the group

柯林斯词典

• 派别;宗派;教派;党派
  Asectis a group of people that has separated from a larger group and has a particular set of religious or political beliefs.

英英释义

noun

• a subdivision of a larger religious group
  Synonym:religious sectreligious order
• a dissenting clique
  Synonym:faction

双语例句

• Relating to particularism ( exclusive interest in one group or class or sect etc.).
  关于排他主义（完全只对一个团体、一个阶级或一个宗派感兴趣）。
• Many people thought the religious sect was guilty of brainwashing.
  许多人认为该教派犯了强行灌输的罪行。
• The doctrine of a sect of Hindu philosophers who practiced nudity and asceticism and meditation.
  印度哲学家流派的学说他们实行裸体和禁欲主义和冥思。
• A member of a monotheistic Hindu sect.
  印度的神论教派中的教徒。
• According to sociology of religion, a sect& it's not necessarily just an insult.
  按照宗教社会学的说法，教派。。。，这不是冒犯。
• The abrogation of compulsory celibacy showed the utter instability and lack of moral foundation of the sect.
  废除强制性的独身显示，完全不稳定和缺乏道德基础的节。
• Your class, your cash, your country, sect, your name or your tribe.
  你的阶级，你的金钱，你的国家，教派，你的名字或你的种族。
• It is widely believed that this reflects a choice of competence over caste and secularism over sect.
  外界普遍认为，这反映出人们选择的是能力而非社会等级，是政教分离主义而非宗派主义。
• A Protestant sect; commonly called quakers.
  新教教派；一般称为公谊会。
• In 1977, friends in the Japanese Buddhist world set up the Japan-China Friendship Association of the Sukhavati Sect.
  1977年日本佛教界朋友成立了日中友好净土宗协会。