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单词 religion
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religion
(rɪlɪən )
Word forms: religions
1. uncountable noun B1
Religion is belief in a god or gods and the activities that are connected with this belief, such as praying or worshipping in a building such as a church or temple.
...his understanding of Indian philosophy and religion.
Do avoid potentially contentious subjects such as religion, sex or politics.
Synonyms: belief, faith, doctrine, theology  
2. countable noun B1
A religion is a particular system of belief in a god or gods and the activities that are connected with this system.
...the Christian religion.
3. get religion phrase [VERB inflects]
If you say that someone has got religion, you are referring in a mocking way to the fact that they have suddenly decided to follow a particular religion. [informal, disapproval]
This guy got religion about a year back.
Quotations:
Religion is by no means a proper subject of conversation in a mixed companyEarl of Chesterfield
There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of itGeorge Bernard ShawPlays Unpleasant (preface)
Religion enables us to ignore nothingness and get on with the jobs of lifeJohn UpdikeSelf-Consciousness
I count religion but a childish toy,
And hold there is no sin but ignorance
Christopher MarloweThe Jew of Malta
Religion...is the opium of the peopleKarl MarxCritique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right
Things have come to a pretty pass when religion is allowed to invade the sphere of private lifeLord Melbourne
The true meaning of religion is thus not morality, but morality touched by emotionMatthew ArnoldLiterature and Dogma
Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blindAlbert EinsteinOut of My Later Years
Any system of religion that has any thing in it that shocks the mind of a child cannot be a true systemThomas PaineThe Age of Reason
I am a Millionaire. That is my religionGeorge Bernard ShawMajor Barbara
I can't talk religion to a man with bodily hunger in his eyesGeorge Bernard ShawMajor Barbara
We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one anotherJonathan SwiftThoughts on Various Subjects
I am for religion against religionsVictor HugoLes Misérables
Time consecrates;
And what is grey with age becomes religion
Friedrich von SchillerDie Piccolomini
One religion is as true as anotherRobert BurtonAnatomy of Melancholy
Christians have burnt each other, quite persuaded
That all the apostles would have done as they did
Lord ByronDon Juan
To become a popular religion, it is only necessary for a superstition to enslave a philosophyDean IngeIdea of Progress
Religion's in the heart, not in the kneesDouglas JerroldThe Devil's Ducat
Religion is the frozen thought of men out of which they build templesJiddu Krishnamurti
Collocations:
civil religion
The civil religion is obviously involved in the most pressing moral and political issues of the day.
Sociology and Religion: A Collection of Readings (1995)
Despite claims to the contrary, it is not a civil religion like the NHS.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The best he can say about it is that it is a civil religion.
Christianity Today (2000)
eastern religion
I told her that Christianity is also an Eastern religion.
Christianity Today (2000)
This is also found in Eastern religion.
Phoenix From the Flame (1994)
Such practices are often seen as deriving from the teachings of Eastern religions.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
folk religion
The folk religions are early religions.
Sociology and Religion: A Collection of Readings (1995)
Why do surviving folk religions have so much appeal?
Sociology and Religion: A Collection of Readings (1995)
There are folk religions and world religions.
Sociology and Religion: A Collection of Readings (1995)
practise religion
There are a number of Pagan religions currently being practised in the Western world.
Phoenix From the Flame (1994)
The last time I checked, we allow citizens to practise all religions and none.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
More than 300 languages are spoken and at least 14 religions practised in the city.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
teach religion
The priest was allowed to return to pastoral work and then to teach religion in a local state school.
Times, Sunday Times
Faith schools could lose the right to teach religion from the perspective of their own creed, but instead lessons would have to give greater weight to other beliefs.
Times, Sunday Times
The bureau regulated approximately 1,800 schools serving an estimated 400,000 students, and administered statutory exemptions from the regulations for schools that teach religion.
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She has found comfort by teaching religion and working for charity.
Times, Sunday Times
As a teacher, the plaintiff taught religion to the preschoolers as a part of the regular curriculum.
Christianity Today
teaching of religion
He also argued against the teaching of religion in public schools.
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In addition, the school seeks to ground the teaching of religion in a deeper level of experience and engagement with issues of mutual concern.
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The school focuses on the teaching of religion, the integration of faith in all subject areas, and provision for daily living of the faith within the school campus.
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He accused them of upholding the teachings of religion and refusing to rationally analyse religious teachings.
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traditional religion
Belief in global warming and its human provenance seems to have replaced traditional religion as the faith of the secular.
Times, Sunday Times
Others are what she calls spiritual entrepreneurs, seeking creative ways to work with the tensions between science and faith outside the constraints of traditional religion.
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They warned that traditional religion would be overthrown.
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Pagan priests, too, were interested in suppressing any threat to traditional religion.
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true religion
I will not discuss here, gentlemen, which is the true religion, the one in which God is truly served and invoked according to His Word.
Sources of the West: Readings in Western Civilization, Volume 1: From the Beginning to 1715 (1995)
But the medieval accounts mean to convert people away from false religion to true religion.
Christianity Today (2000)
He first established the source of all true religion as the Word of God.
Christianity Today (2000)
Translations:
Chinese: 宗教
Japanese: 宗教
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