1N-VAR (基督)教堂;礼拜堂 A church is a building in which Christians worship. You usually refer to this place as church when you are talking about the time that people spend there. (基督)教堂;礼拜堂
2N-COUNT [oft adjective NOUN](基督教的)教派 A Church is one of the groups of people within the Christian religion, for example Catholics or Methodists, that have their own beliefs, clergy, and forms of worship. (基督教的)教派
...co-operation with the Catholic Church.
和天主教派的合作
Church leaders said he was welcome to return.
教会领袖说欢迎他回来。
...the separation of church and state.
政教分离
3PHRASE [oft verb-link PHRASE]广纳众议的机构(或团体);兼收并蓄的活动 You can refer to an organization, group, or area of activity as a broad church when it includes a wide range of opinions, beliefs, or styles. 广纳众议的机构(或团体);兼收并蓄的活动
The party has responded by trying to become a broad church that appeals to devout pensioners, Munich punks and aerospace engineers.
该党的反应是要努力成为一个吸引笃信宗教的退休者、慕尼黑朋客族和航天工程师的兼收并蓄的政党。
It rapidly became apparent that rock'n'roll was a very broad church indeed.