go to church, go to the church
前者church前无冠词,是不可数名词,可指去教堂做礼拜或结婚；如另有目的,则需用后者,这时church是可数名词,表示建筑物。试比较:
He goes to church every Sunday.
他每周日去教堂做礼拜。
He went to the church to look for his wife.
他去教堂找他老婆。
church，cathedral
这两个名词都可表示“教堂”之意。
church普通用词，指顶礼膜拜上帝之地，也是西方人举行婚、丧等活动的场所。
cathedral指一个教区内最大的教堂，即主教堂或总教堂，通常是装饰精良，宏伟肃穆。
The city boasts a wealth of beautiful churches.
这座城市拥有众多美丽的教堂。
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Sometimes this fact is obscured because churches get so bogged down by unimportant rules.
有时候教会因为过分拘泥于那些无关紧要的规则而无法看清这一事实。
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Cardinal Daly has said that churches should not be used for profane or secular purposes.
戴利主教已经说过，教堂不应该用于非宗教或世俗的目的。
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Dad, nominally a Methodist, entered Churches only for weddings and funerals.
爸名义上是卫理公会教徒, 可只去教堂参加婚礼和葬礼.
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The Coptic Church is among the oldest churches of Christianity.
科普特教会是最古老的基督教会之一。
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The two halves of the town face each other, and both have interesting churches.
城镇一分为二，两两相望，各自都有颇具趣味的教堂。
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There are three churches in this town.
这座城里有三个教堂.
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Speeches rumbled within the walls of the churches.
教堂的围墙内传出低沉的演说声。
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The frescoes in these churches are magnificent.
这些教堂里的壁画富丽堂皇.
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Kansas City area churches kicked in $35,000 to support the event.
堪萨斯城地区的教会为此事捐助了35,000美元。
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Her masts leveled with the spires of churches.
船的桅杆和教堂的塔尖一样高.
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The area is renowned for its Romanesque churches.
这个地区以其罗马式的教堂闻名。
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The CIU provides churches with solid advice on a wide range of subjects.
哥伦比亚国际大学为教堂在许多问题上提供了切实有用的建议。
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The town centre is thick with churches and cafe-lined squares.
市中心随处都是教堂和被咖啡店包围的广场。
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The churches consociated to fight their dissolution.
教会联合起来对付他们的分裂行动.
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