皈依宗教 meaning in English

get religion

You can pull a long face and scold people into religion
你可以拉长脸教训人们皈依宗教。
Reason had had nothing to do with his whimsical conversion , which was perhaps the mere freak of a careless man in search of a new sensation , and temporarily impressed by his mother s death
从前他皈依宗教，只是一种心血来潮，本来和理智就没有关系，也许只能看作是一个不检点的人因为母亲死了，一时受到感动，在追寻一种新的感觉过程中出现的怪诞举动吧。
The inspector listened attentively ; then , turning to the governor , observed , " he will become religious - he is already more gentle ; he is afraid , and retreated before the bayonets - madmen are not afraid of anything ; i made some curious observations on this at charenton .
巡查员留神倾听着，然后转向监狱长，说道： “他会皈依宗教的，他已经驯服多了。他很害怕，看见刺刀就后退，疯子是什么都不怕的。这一点在夏朗东曾出于好奇心而观察过几次。 ”