sangomas

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• n.巫師
• 網(wǎng)絡(luò)非洲巫醫(yī)；家桑格瑪斯

詞形變化

復(fù)數(shù)：sangomas  

英漢解釋

n.	1. in South Africa, a person who cures people who have illnesses or injuries using plants and other traditional methods

例句

Most sangomas are no longer able to earn a living from their practice alone.

大多數(shù)治療師們獨自一人已經(jīng)不再能夠謀生。

While scientists tend to view the healers with scepticism, the sangomas often fear that Western medicine will harm their patients.

科學(xué)家傾向于對治療師持懷疑態(tài)度，而sangomas也常常擔(dān)心現(xiàn)代醫(yī)學(xué)將會傷害他們的患者。

A recent poll says 70 percent of South Africans still visit sangomas on a regular basis.

最近的一項調(diào)查顯示70%的南非民眾仍然定期拜訪傳統(tǒng)治療師。

Launched in the 1970s, it does lobbying and also trains and teaches new sangomas on the ethics of the job.

這一組織在1970年代被創(chuàng)建，它進行游說并訓(xùn)練教授新人治療師們對于這份職業(yè)的倫理道德觀。

When she began practicing there were few sangomas in this city, but now there are several on each street.

當(dāng)她開始行醫(yī)時這個城市幾乎沒有治療師，但是現(xiàn)在每條街道都有幾人。

Many of South Africa's 5. 5 million HIV-positive people rely on traditional healers, called sangomas.

南非550萬艾滋病病毒感染者中的許多人依靠稱作sangomas的傳統(tǒng)治療師。