religious /ri'lidjas; ri'!i6zs8/ adj 1 of religion. 宗敎的; 宗敎信仰的。 2 (of a person) devout; God-fearing. (指人)虔誠的; 敬畏神的。 3 of a monastic order: 敎團的; 修道的： a ~ house, a monastery or convent. 修膏晚; 僧質(zhì)。 4 scrupulous; conscientious: 護(hù)慎的; 憑良心的： do one's work with ~ care/ exactitude. 嚴(yán)謹(jǐn)?shù)刈鍪隆?n a ~，person bound by monastic vows; monk or nun; 僧宿; 尼姑; 修士; 修女; (pF, unchanged in form) (復(fù)數(shù)，字形不變) the/ some / several persons bound by monastic vows. 全體(若干，幾位) 僧尼。~