1 [C,U] a building where Christians go to pray, etc 教堂:
Do you go to church regularly?你经常上教堂吗?
When you are talking about going to a church ceremony or service you say ‘in church’, ‘to church’ or ‘at church’ without ‘ a ’ or ‘ the ’ Was Mrs Stevens at church today? 参与在教堂举行的礼式(礼拜叫做service),英语说in church、to church或at church;church前面没有a或the:Was Mrs Stevens at church today?斯蒂文斯太太今天去了教堂没有?
2Church [C] a particular group of Christians (基督教的)教会,教派:
the Anglican/Catholic/Methodist Church圣公会;天主教会;循道公会
3(the) Church [sing] the ministers or the institution of the Christian religion 基督教的牧师或机构:
the conflict between Church and State政教冲突
church/tʃɝtʃ; tʃɜːtʃ/n 1 [C] a building where Christians go to pray [→ cathedral] 教堂﹐礼拜堂2 [U] the religious ceremonies in a church〔教堂的〕礼拜仪式: How often do you go to church ? 你隔多久去教堂做礼拜?3 also 又作 Church [C] one of the separate groups within the Christian religion〔基督教的〕派别﹐教派: the Catholic Church 天主教GRAMMAR 语法Do not use ‘a’ or ‘the’ before church when you are talking about religious ceremonies ☆ church 指礼拜仪式时﹐前面不要用 a 或 the: I didn’t see him in church this morning. 今天早上我没看到他在做礼拜。She used to go to church every Sunday. 她以前每个星期天都去做礼拜。
churchchurchchurcheschurchedchurchingnoun (pluralchurches)a building where Christians go to speak to God (to pray): They go to church every Sunday.grammarWhen we talk about going to a ceremony (a service) in a church we say in church, to church or at church without ‘a’ or ‘the’: • Was Mr Poole at church today? We use a or the to talk about the building: • the church where we got married • a historic church.