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be a Baptist
Baptist 是可数名词，指浸礼会信徒；在系动词后作表语时，单数需带不定冠词 a/an。
My neighbor is a Baptist.
我的邻居是浸礼会教友。
浸礼会教友
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
浸礼会教友
a follower of Baptist doctrines
My neighbor is a Baptist.
我的邻居是浸礼会教友。
基督教新教教派(或各种分支)的信徒,信奉信徒浸礼(有时仅限成人),而非婴儿洗礼。
An adherent of a Protestant denomination (or various subdenominations) of Christianity, which believes in the baptism of believers (sometimes only adults), as opposed to the baptism of infants.
施洗者；施行洗礼的人
A person who baptizes.
My neighbor is a Baptist and attends church every Sunday.
我的邻居是浸礼会教友，每个星期天都去做礼拜。
The town has a small group of Baptists who meet in an old hall.
这个镇上有一小群浸礼会教友，他们在一座旧礼堂聚会。
She married a Baptist, but she kept her own religion.
她嫁给了一位浸礼会教友，但保留了自己的信仰。
Baptist 是可数名词，指浸礼会信徒；在系动词后作表语时，单数需带不定冠词 a/an。
My neighbor is a Baptist.
我的邻居是浸礼会教友。
who 引导的定语从句紧跟在 Baptist 之后，用来具体说明是哪位教友。
She is a Baptist who sings in the church choir.
她是一位在教堂唱诗班唱歌的浸礼会教友。
Baptist 作定语修饰名词时，表示“浸礼会的”，用单数形式，不加 -s；如 a Baptist church（浸礼会教堂）。
They go to a Baptist church on Sundays.
他们星期天去浸礼会教堂。
Not this
The priest baptist the baby in the river.
Use this
The priest baptized the baby in the river.
baptist 是名词，意为‘施洗礼者’或‘浸礼会教友’，不能用作动词；表示‘施洗’要用动词 baptize，过去式是 baptized。
Not this
We attended a baptist at the church.
Use this
We attended a baptism at the church.
baptist 指‘施洗礼的人’或‘浸礼会教友’，而‘洗礼仪式’是 baptism；把表示人物的 -ist 词误用来指仪式，属于词义混淆。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
浸礼会教堂
They were married in a Baptist church.
他们在浸礼会教堂举行了婚礼。
虔诚的浸礼会教友
She is a devout Baptist and never misses Sunday service.
她是一位虔诚的浸礼会教友，从不错过礼拜日的聚会。
南方浸礼会信徒
Many Southern Baptists live in the American South.
许多南方浸礼会信徒生活在美国南部。
浸礼会牧师
The Baptist minister gave a moving sermon.
浸礼会牧师做了一场感人的布道。
浸礼会信仰
He was raised in the Baptist faith.
他从小在浸礼会信仰中长大。
它对浸礼会信徒有益，对我来说也足够好。
In the traditional gospel song 'Old Time Religion,' the line 'It was good for the Baptist' refers to the Baptist believers who found comfort in the old-time faith.
在传统福音歌《Old Time Religion》中，'It was good for the Baptist'这句歌词指的是浸礼会信徒在古老的信仰中找到安慰。
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baptist 由 baptize（施洗）联想，想象一位浸礼会教友在河边为信徒施洗，名字里就带着“施洗者”的身影。
语域：neutral 常见场景：宗教讨论、教会背景、历史文献 通常作名词用，多用于宗教或教会语境，指浸礼会信徒；在日常与正式场合都比较常见，但更常见于宗教相关的讨论中。
与 /ˈbæptɪst/ 真正押韵的词是 aptest /ˈæptɪst/（注意拼写不同：-ptest vs -ptist）。baptism /ˈbæptɪzəm/ 和 baptize /bæpˈtaɪz/ 拼写相近但结尾发音不同；artist /ˈɑːrtɪst/、dentist /ˈdentɪst/、typist /ˈtaɪpɪst/ 虽都以 -ist 结尾，但重读元音不同，均不押韵。
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