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secular a.世俗的，尘世的 secular (adj.) c.1300, "living in the world, not belonging to a religious order," also "belonging to the state," from Old French seculer (Modern French séculier), from Late Latin saecularis "worldly, secular, pertaining to a generation or age," from Latin saecularis "of an age, occurring once in an age," from saeculum "age, span of time, generation."According to Watkins, this is probably from PIE *sai-tlo-, with instrumental element *-tlo- + *sai- "to bind, tie" (see sinew), extended metaphorically to successive human generations as links in the chain of life. Another theory connects it with words for "seed," from PIE root *se- "to sow" (see sow (v.), and compare Gothic mana-seþs "mankind, world," literally "seed of men").Used in ecclesiastical writing like Greek aion "of this world" (see cosmos). It is source of French siècle. Ancient Roman ludi saeculares was a three-day, day-and-night celebration coming once in an "age" (120 years). In English, in reference to humanism and the exclusion of belief in God from matters of ethics and morality, from 1850s. 【记】想办法活着secure 安全，放心，无虑，这是世俗及尘世人们的想法，不想secure的就不是世俗之人的想法，比如出家的

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['sekjulə] 【英】 adj. 世俗的，尘世的(of the worldly or temporal)【例】 secular affairs(世事)/secul ar drama(世俗戏剧) adj. 世俗的(非精神的; 非宗教的)【记】se色, cular哭了: 见到美色就哭－世俗的

单词	secular
音标	['sekjulə]
解释	a.世俗的，尘世的
红宝书	【英】 adj. 世俗的，尘世的(of the worldly or temporal) 【例】 secular affairs(世事)/secul ar drama(世俗戏剧)
字源	secular (adj.) c.1300, "living in the world, not belonging to a religious order," also "belonging to the state," from Old French seculer (Modern French séculier), from Late Latin saecularis "worldly, secular, pertaining to a generation or age," from Latin saecularis "of an age, occurring once in an age," from saeculum "age, span of time, generation." According to Watkins, this is probably from PIE sai-tlo-, with instrumental element -tlo- + sai- "to bind, tie" (see sinew), extended metaphorically to successive human generations as links in the chain of life. Another theory connects it with words for "seed," from PIE root se- "to sow" (see sow (v.), and compare Gothic mana-seþs "mankind, world," literally "seed of men"). Used in ecclesiastical writing like Greek aion "of this world" (see cosmos). It is source of French siècle. Ancient Roman ludi saeculares was a three-day, day-and-night celebration coming once in an "age" (120 years). In English, in reference to humanism and the exclusion of belief in God from matters of ethics and morality, from 1850s.
不择手段背单词	adj. 世俗的(非精神的; 非宗教的) 【记】se色, cular哭了: 见到美色就哭－世俗的
趣味全助记	【记】想办法活着secure 安全，放心，无虑，这是世俗及尘世人们的想法，不想secure的就不是世俗之人的想法，比如出家的

Secular French Adj Latin Saecularis Age Pie Sekjulə