Word · Frequency #5396
cult
崇拜；膜拜
Devotion and ritual worship given to a deity or saint.
- 1.
The veneration, devotion, and religious rites given to a deity (especially in a historical polytheistic context), or (in a Christian context) to a saint; a subset of worship.
膜拜；礼拜式；祭仪；一群信徒；[医] 迷信
In use
The small cult lived in a remote area and rarely interacted with outsiders.
She left the cult after realizing that its leader was controlling and manipulative.
Some people become involved in a cult because they are searching for a sense of belonging.
the cult of [something]
The cult of celebrity is widespread.
名人崇拜很普遍。
join a cult
He joined a cult when he was young.
他年轻时加入了一个邪教组织。
cult following
The band developed a cult following.
这个乐队有了一群狂热的追随者。
Common mistakes
He cults his spiritual teacher.He is a member of his spiritual teacher's cult.
误将名词'cult'用作动词。英语中'cult'是名词，指膜拜团体或崇拜，不能直接作为及物动词使用。正确表达应使用名词形式，如'be a member of a cult'。
I am interested in Chinese cult.I am interested in Chinese culture.
混淆了发音相近的'cult'和'culture'。'cult'指小众宗教或狂热崇拜，而'culture'指文化、文明。应根据语境选择正确的词。
He joined cult.He joined a cult.
可数名词'cult'前缺少不定冠词'a'。英语中可数名词单数形式通常需要限定词（如a, the, his等）修饰。
Connections
Collocations
- cult leader
- 邪教头目
- The cult leader convinced his followers to abandon their families.那个邪教头目说服他的追随者抛弃家庭。
- cult following
- 狂热追随者
- The obscure band developed a cult following over the years.这支不为人知的乐队多年来积累了狂热追随者。
- cult classic
- 邪典电影；经典 cult 作品
- The Rocky Horror Picture Show is a famous cult classic.《洛基恐怖秀》是一部著名的邪典电影。
- cult figure
- 偶像；崇拜人物
- He became a cult figure in the underground music scene.他成了地下音乐界的崇拜人物。
- religious cult
- 宗教崇拜团体
- The government banned the religious cult for its dangerous practices.政府因其危险行为而禁止了那个宗教崇拜团体。
- personality cult
Learner notes
Memory Tip
Cult 音似'磕头'，信徒常磕头膜拜，记住 cult 就是狂热崇拜。
Context & Register
混合（在日常交流中常带负面含义，在学术描述中也可中性使用）
Grammar Note
可数名词
Pronunciation & Spelling
The words result, consult, insult, and exult all rhyme with cult (/kʌlt/). Note that words like adult and culture may look similar but have different vowel sounds or endings.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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