catholic
美 ['kæθlɪk]
- adj. 天主教的；寬宏大量的
- n. 天主教徒；羅馬天主教
助記提示
1. cat- "according to, relating to, about" + hol- + -ic.
2. => "on the whole, in general, relating to all".
3. => universal, general.
4. => "of the doctrines of the ancient Church," literally "universally accepted".
5. Etymologically, the Catholic Church is the universal church, comprising all Christians.
6. General sense of "of interest to all, universal".
7. 天主教，國際慣稱“大公教會”，語源為“天下為公”的公，別名“聖教會，普世教會，聖而公教會”，是主張大公主義的基督教三大教派分支之一，也是強調普世性的宗徒繼承教會。根據中國古話“至高莫若天、至尊莫若主”譯作“天主”。天主教，直譯大公、或至公主義，意指“統括一切的“、“包羅萬象的”、“寬容大量的”。至公主義的誕生，也象征著基督教脫離它的母體猶太教，成為不分種族、不分國籍的大公宗教。
中文詞源
Catholic 天主教cata-, 向下。-hol, 整個的，全部的，詞源同holy, whole, hologram(全息圖)。用於宗教術語，即無所不包的。
英文詞源
- catholic
- catholic: [14] Etymologically, the Catholic Church is the universal church, comprising all Christians. For catholic comes ultimately from a Greek word, katholikós, meaning ‘relating to all, general’. It was a derivative of kathólou, a compound formed from katá ‘relating to’ and hólos ‘whole’ (source of English holism and holistic). It passed into English via Old French catholique or ecclesiastical Latin catholicus. Its original meaning is preserved today in such contexts as ‘catholic tastes’ – that is, ‘wideranging tastes’.
=> holistic - catholic (adj.)
- mid-14c., "of the doctrines of the ancient Church," literally "universally accepted," from French catholique, from Church Latin catholicus "universal, general," from Greek katholikos, from phrase kath' holou "on the whole, in general," from kata "about" + genitive of holos "whole" (see safe (adj.)). Applied to the Church in Rome c. 1554, after the Reformation began. General sense of "of interest to all, universal" is from 1550s.
- Catholic (n.)
- "member of the Roman Catholic church," 1560s, from Catholic (adj.).
雙語例句
- 1. It presented in satirical terms points made in earnest by Catholic writers.
- 它用諷刺的語言呈現了天主教作家鄭重其事表明的觀點。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Mr Thomas was taught by the Catholic nuns whose school he attended.
- 托馬斯先生是在天主教修女創辦的學校接受的教育。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. A new Catholic bishop was installed in Galway yesterday.
- 昨天在戈爾韋任命了一位新的天主教主教。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. He was a recent Catholic convert, and very zealous.
- 他最近才皈依天主教，是一名狂熱的信徒。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Cuba was one of the least Catholic of the Latin countries.
- 古巴是拉丁語係國家中天主教化程度最小的國家之一。
來自柯林斯例句