| 单词 | rite |
| 释义 | rite [countable] a ritual程序；仪规；礼节；（尤指）宗教仪式◆he received the last rites from a roman catholic priest and died an hour later.天主教会的神父为他做了临终祈祷，一小时后他死了。◆new members of the cult have to undergo a secret initiation rite.异教团体的新成员必须进行秘密的入会仪式。note 辨析 ritual or rite?both these words are connected with ancient religious practices, especially ones that mark the important events in sb's life or in the cycle of life and death.这两个词均与古代的宗教习俗有关，尤其是与人生的重大事件或生死轮回有关的习俗◆religious / ancient / primitive / traditional / pagan rituals / rites宗教／古代／原始／传统／异教徒仪式◆initiation / fertility rituals / rites入会仪式；丰收祭祀in many cases you can use either word. however, there can be a slight difference of emphasis: ritual often emphasizes the complicated form of the ceremony more than its meaning and you can talk about an elaborate ritual or an empty ritual that has lost its meaning altogether. a rite is often simpler and more serious, especially when it is connected with death: ritual is not used in these cases.在许多情况下这两个词可以通用。不过，两者强调的重点略有不同：ritual 通常强调仪式的繁复甚于仪式的意义。可以说 an elaborate ritual （繁琐的仪式）或 an empty ritual （空洞的程序），但这两种表述中的 ritual 都失去了原先的意义。rite 所指的仪式通常较为简单且更加严肃，尤与死亡相关。ritual 不这样用◆he received the last rituals from a roman catholic priest. ◆funeral rituals rite/raɪt ||; raɪt/noun [c] a ceremony performed by a particular group of people, often for religious purposes 仪式（常指宗教的） ritesee ⇨ tradition 3 rite /raɪt; raɪt/n [c]a traditional ceremony that is always performed in the same way, especially for a religious purpose ［尤指宗教的］仪式，典礼:◇funeral rites 葬礼 |
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