c. 1200, "devout, pious, imbued with or expressive of religious devotion," from Anglo-French religius, Old French religious (12c., Modern French religieux) and directly from Latin religiosus, from religio (see religion). Meaning "pertaining to religion" is from 1530s. Transferred sense of "scrupulous, exact" is recorded from 1590s. Related: Religiousness.
雙語例句
1. She was a fairly rigid person who had strong religious views.
她相當頑固，宗教觀念極強。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The teenager may have been abducted by a religious cult.
這個少年可能被一個異教組織綁架了。
來自柯林斯例句
3. A religious psychotic in Las Vegas has killed four people.
拉斯維加斯一名患有精神病的宗教狂熱分子已經殺死了4人。
來自柯林斯例句
4. The religious conservatives are not enamoured of the West and its values.
宗教保守派人士不喜歡西方國家及其價值觀。
來自柯林斯例句
5. Their religious convictions prevented them from taking up arms.