| 释义 |
sect/sekt/n. 1a a body of people subscribing to religious doctrines different from those of others within the same religion; a group deviating from orthodox tradition, often regarded as heretical (宗教内部的)派别；宗派；非正统教派 b usu. derog. a body separated from an established Church; a nonconformist Church [常贬] (从正统教会中分裂出的)教派；异端教派 c a party or faction in a religious body (宗教组织中的)宗派 d a religious denomination (宗教的)教派；宗派；会派 2 the followers of a particular philosopher or philosophy, or school of thought in politics etc. 哲学派系；政治学派系(等)[Middle English from Old French secte or Latin secta, from the stem of sequi secut- ‘follow’] |