| 词组 | Catholic, catholic |
| 释义 | Catholic, catholic A number of commentators note that the capitalized Catholic is used by Christian institutions other than the Roman Catholic Church, but in American use it is usually taken to mean "Roman Catholic" unless otherwise modified. • Books in the tradition of what we sometimes call "the Catholic novel" —Doris Grumbach, Saturday Rev., 4 Mar. 1978 • ... memories of growing up Catholic on the South Side of Chicago —Martin Levin, TV. Y. Times Book Rev., 22 Apr. 1973 The lowercase catholic does not refer to religion but to broadness of tastes or interests: • ... they demonstrated a catholic taste in what they selected for the different rooms of this house —Rita Reif, NY. Times, 10 May 1979 • ... a model of how to be Left without being gauche. A man of catholic attainments and no side —Alex Hamilton, The Guardian, 3 Nov. 1973 • ... one of the most catholic of physicians in his willingness to try unorthodox methods —Gilbert Cant, N.Y. Times Mag., 3 Feb. 1974 |
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