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Secular Things Called People Describe Schools Religion Sekjulə(R

英语单词 secular
英美音标 ['sekjulə(r)]
中文释义 adj.世俗的;非宗教的
vocab简明 Secular things are not religious. Anything not affiliated with a church or faith can be called secular.
vocab扩展 Non-religious people can be called atheists or agnostics, but to describe things, activities, or attitudes that have nothing to do with religion, you can use the word secular. Public schools are secular, but Catholic schools are not. Grocery stores are secular; a synagogue is not. If there's no religion involved, then you're in "the secular world" — as people sometimes call everything that exists outside of religion.
真题原句 But as diet and health improved, children and adolescents have, on average, increased in height by about an inch and a half every 20 years, a pattern known as the secular trend in height.
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]世俗的;现世的;非宗教的 You use secular to describe things that have no connection with religion.
  [usu ADJ n]
  • He spoke about preserving the country as a secular state.

    他谈及了保持该国世俗化的问题。

  • ...secular and religious education.

    世俗教育和宗教教育

来源 2008.3

Tags: 单词::2008

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