clergy
n. [总称]牧师；神职人员
名词复数：clergies
近义词：ministry，priesthood，ministers，priests，clergymen，churchmen，prelacy，episcopacy，pastorate，presbytery，rabbinate，the，church，cloth，Holyorders，thecloth，holyorder，men，of，orders，holy，order，laity，
双解释义
n.(名词)
- [S](尤指基督教堂内的)牧师，教士 (especially in the Christian church)people who are members of the priesthood and who are allowed to perform religious services
英英释义
Noun
- in Christianity, clergymen collectively (as distinguished from the laity)
例句
用作名词(n.)
- The clergy were sacred beings in Miss Ainley's eyes.在安利小姐看来，牧师都是圣人。
- I could heartily wish that more of our country clergy would follow this example.我衷心希望，我国有更多的牧师效法这个榜样。
- Prior to the law's enactment, most of the Danish clergy opposed it.在通过该法规之前，多数丹麦神职人员反对此法规。
- The superior clergy and a small remnant of other educated men read and wrote Latin.上等的神职人员和一小部分残余的其他受过教育的人使用拉丁语读写。
词语用法
n.(名词)
- clergy是单数名词，但要与复数动词连用。