cult /kʌlt/ CET6+ TEM8

• 1. 

  N-COUNT A cult is a fairly small religious group, especially one which is considered strange. 异教团体

  例：

  The teenager may have been abducted by a religious cult.

  这位少年可能被某个异教团体绑架了。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT The cult of something is a situation in which people regard that thing as very important or special. 狂热崇拜 [表不满]

  例：

  ...the cult of youth that recently gripped publishing.

  …近期吸引了出版界的年青人的狂热。

• 3. 

  ADJ Cult is used to describe things that are very popular or fashionable among a particular group of people. 受到狂热崇拜的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  Since her death, she has become a cult figure.

  她死后已成为人们顶礼膜拜的人物。

• 4. 

  N-SING Someone or something that is a cult has become very popular or fashionable among a particular group of people. 时尚

  例：

  Violence has become a cult among some young men.

  暴力已成为一些年轻人追逐的时尚。