1.派(别);宗派;教派
2.(哲学等的)学派;党派;团体
1.a religious group whose beliefs are different from the beliefs of an established religion, usually in a way that most people do not approve of
1.In practice, however, many tended to leave these sects or marry outside them and consequently have less children than they might have done.
然而实际情况是，很多人想离开这些教派，或者想和别的教派的人通婚，结果他们的孩子就比原先本可以有的孩子少了。
2.B. There seems to have been an absence of attempt at conciliation between rival sects.
似乎没有进行任何尝试去调解对立派之间的矛盾。
3.What about the wars that took place in Europe between the different Christian sects, including the Catholics and the Protestants?
如何看待发生在欧洲的基督教不同派别之间，天主教和新教派之间的战争？
4.Member of any of several Gnostic sects that flourished in the Roman empire in the 2nd century AD and for several centuries thereafter.
西元2世纪和之后数世纪盛行于罗马帝国的若干诺斯底派的成员。
5.Many are as appalled as any other American by the reports of incest and child abuse from within polygamous sects.
他们许多人像其他美国人一样，对一夫多妻教派中的乱伦现象和孩子被虐待感到吃惊。
6.As the sects proliferate, pluralism strikes a blow to the efforts of those who truly seek to lead men to a return to Oneness.
当教派激增的时候，多元主义猛烈攻击那些真诚地寻求带领人们返回一体性的人们。
7.However, there is also a strong Christian revival, especially among the fundamentalist and Pentecostal sects.
然而，基督教也有了很大程度上的复苏，尤其是正统基督教和五旬节流派。
8.Seeing all this, how humanity has been pided into nations, into sects, into religions - my guru is better than your guru - and so on.
看到所有这些，人类是怎样被划分成了国家，派别，宗教-我的上师比你的上师好-等等。
9.But the secretive community is pided into sects and tribes, some of which have done a lot better than others.
但这个不对外公开的社群按照宗派和部族区分阶级，其中少数人的地位更显尊贵。
10.The president's Baathist regime has also bred fear of upheaval by manipulating suspicions between the country's numerous sects.
叙利亚社会党政权同样借由不同教派间的猜忌滋长了对动乱的恐慌情绪。