religion
[rɪ'lɪdʒ.ən] noun
ESSENTIAL countable or uncountable
■the belief in and worship of a god or gods, or any such system of belief and worship 宗教信仰；宗教•the Christian religion基督教 countable informal
■an activity which someone is extremely enthusiastic about and does regularly 痴迷的活动；极爱好的活动•Football is a religion for these people.这些人对足球入了迷。
[rɪ'lɪdʒ.ən] noun
get religion humorous
■to become very religious 变得十分虔诚•He suddenly got religion when he went to college.他念大学时，突然变得很虔诚。 US to start doing something in a serious and careful way 开始认真谨慎地做事•I get religion each time I do my income tax - I always wonder why I didn't keep better records.每当我计算自己的所得税时都会认真起来－－我总是奇怪为甚么我的纪录会保存得那么差。 |