clergy的意思是“神职人员”“牧师”,虽为单数形式,但表示复数意义;若用作主语,谓语要用复数。如: All the local clergy attended the ceremony. 当地所有的牧师都出席了仪式。 The clergy were to receive salaries from the state. 教士们将从国家领取薪俸。 若语义需要也可用数词修饰。如: Thirty clergy were present. 有30位牧师在场。 Over 50 clergy marched to Government House to register their protest. 50多名牧师游行到政府办公大楼前提出抗议。
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The assemBly was large and varied, containing clergy and laity, men and women
集会的参与者多而复杂,既有僧侣也有俗众,既有男人也有女人
N-COUNT. (某些新教教会重大会议的)会议主席. In some Protestant churches, a moderator is a senior member of the clergy who is in charge at large and important meetings.
The clergy remain divided on the issue of women priests.
在女性教士的问题上, 牧师们意见不一。
※An ounce of mother-wit is worth a pound of clergy(=learning). 一分天资抵得上十分学问. ※Men will wrangle for religion, write for it, fight for it , die for it ; anything but live for it.——C.Colton Charles, British clergyman 人们为宗教而争吵, 为宗教而写作,为宗教而战斗,为宗教而献身,但决不为宗教而活着。英国牧师 查尔斯.C.C. ※If rich, it is easy enough to conceal our wealth, but, if poor, it is not so easy to conceal our poverty. We shall find it less difficult to hide a thousand guineas, than one hole in our coat.——Charles C. Colton, British clergyman 如果富有,藏富很容易;如果贫穷,掩饰贫穷却很难。我们不难发现隐藏1000个金币比遮盖衣服上的一个破洞来得容易。英国画妆师科尔顿.C.C ※We never know the love of the parents until we become parents ourselves.——Henry Ward Beecher, American clergyman and orator 不养儿不知父母恩