喜樂美語
  1. 1a/ˈkælvɪnɪst/following Calvin's teaching喀爾文派的

    Following the religious teaching of John Calvin, or belonging to the churches, groups and ideas that come from that teaching.

    「Calvinist」是形容詞，意思是「屬於喀爾文派的」。喀爾文（John Calvin）是十六世紀的基督教改革者。用這個字，是說某間教會、某個家庭或某個地區的信仰來自他這一脈。它最常出現在談歷史、宗教和思想的場合。形容的是信仰的歸屬，不是某個人今天的心情或個性。因為從人名來，開頭的 C 通常大寫。

    示範例句 · Example

    The old church in the village has been Calvinist for four hundred years.

    中文翻譯村子裡那間老教會已經是喀爾文派的四百年了。

    Calvinism is a form of Protestant Christianity that began in the 1500s with a French thinker called John Calvin. When you call a church, a family, a school or a region Calvinist, you are saying that its beliefs come from that line of teaching. The word is used most often when people talk about history, churches and ideas, not about how one person behaves at work today. It is normally written with a capital C, because it is built on a person's name.

    常見搭配

    • a Calvinist church

      喀爾文派的教會

      a church that follows Calvin's teaching

      There is a small Calvinist church at the end of the street.

    • Calvinist teaching

      喀爾文派的教義

      what this branch of Christianity teaches

      The book explains Calvinist teaching in simple language.

    • the Calvinist tradition

      喀爾文派的傳統

      the long line of practice that comes from Calvin

      Her college stands in the Calvinist tradition.

    • strictly Calvinist

      嚴格遵循喀爾文派的

      following that teaching closely, with no changes

      The school was strictly Calvinist until the 1950s.

    意思相近

    ReformedPresbyterian

    用法接近

    LutheranPuritanProtestant

  2. 2a/ˈkælvɪnɪst/strict and self-denying嚴以律己的；把享樂當罪過的

    Having very strict ideas about right and wrong, working hard as a duty, and treating pleasure and comfort as something to be suspicious of.

    這個用法已經離開宗教了。用 Calvinist 形容一個人，是說他對自己非常嚴格。他把努力工作看成本分，把享受看成不太應該的事。說話的人通常站遠一點在看，語氣裡常常帶一點點批評。就算對方完全沒有信教，也可以這樣形容。這正是它和「屬於喀爾文派」那個意思最大的差別。

    This meaning has walked away from the church. A person, a household, a company or a set of rules can be called Calvinist when they are hard on themselves and uneasy about enjoying things. The speaker is usually standing a little way back from the attitude, and often there is a light criticism inside the word. You can use it about someone with no religion at all, which is what makes it different from the church meaning.

    常見搭配

    • a Calvinist work ethic

      把苦幹當本分的工作觀

      a belief that hard work is a duty

      She has a Calvinist work ethic and finds it hard to sit still.

    • Calvinist discipline

      近乎苦行的自律

      very hard self-control

      The team practises with Calvinist discipline.

    • a Calvinist streak

      性格裡嚴以律己的那一面

      a part of someone's character that is like this

      He enjoys parties, but there is a Calvinist streak in him.