noun🔗Share邪教，异端。 A group or sect of people with a deviant religious, philosophical or cultural identity, often existing on the margins of society or exploitative towards its members."The news reported that several families were worried their children had joined dangerous cults promising enlightenment but demanding all their money. "新闻报道说，好几家父母都很担心自己的孩子加入了一些危险的邪教，这些邪教承诺给人带来启迪，实际上却榨取他们所有的钱财。religionculturesocietyphilosophygrouporganizationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share对圣徒的崇拜, 圣徒崇拜。 Devotion to a saint."In some Christian traditions, there are local cults focusing on specific saints believed to offer protection to their community. "在一些基督教传统中，存在着对特定圣徒的圣徒崇拜，人们相信这些圣徒会保佑他们的社区。religiontheologydoctrineChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share祭祀，膜拜 The veneration and religious rites given to a deity, esp. in a historical polytheistic context."Archaeologists studying ancient Rome uncovered evidence of various cults dedicated to different gods and goddesses, each with its own temples and rituals. "考古學家在研究古羅馬時，發現了祭祀不同神祇的各種崇拜儀式的證據，每個神祇都有自己的神廟和祭祀儀軌。religiontheologymythologyculturegrouphistoryphilosophyritualChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share邪教，异端。 A religion that evolved out of another religion but has become a different religion through developing a radically different theology."Some sociologists argue that certain isolated splinter groups, which were once part of mainstream Christianity but now preach radically different doctrines about Jesus's divinity, should be classified as cults. "有些社会学家认为，某些曾经是主流基督教的一部分，但现在宣扬关于耶稣神性的极端不同教义的孤立分裂团体，应该被归类为邪教，异端。religiontheologyculturegroupChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share邪教，异端。 A group of people having an obsession with or intense admiration for a particular activity, idea, person or thing."Some people think that groups obsessed with a celebrity can resemble cults due to their intense devotion. "有些人认为，那些对某个名人极度痴迷的群体，因为他们的狂热奉献，可能看起来像邪教一样。groupreligionsocietyphilosophycultureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
