Pastoral



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj. 田园生活的; 宁静的
• ［英］ adj. 田园生活的 ( portraying the life of shepherds) ; 宁静的 ( idyllic; rural)
• ［记］ pastor ( 牧人) ＋al -> 乡村的, 田园风光的
• ［例］ a pastoral landscape ( 乡村风景)

Webster Collegiate

I. adjective

• Etymology: Middle English, from Latin pastoralis, from pastor herdsman
• Date: 15th century
• 1.
  • a.
    • (1) of, relating to, or composed of shepherds or herdsmen
    • (2) devoted to or based on livestock raising
  • b. of or relating to the countryside ; not urban <a pastoral setting>
  • c. portraying or expressive of the life of shepherds or country people especially in an idealized and conventionalized manner <pastoral poetry>
  • d. pleasingly peaceful and innocent ; idyllic
• 2.
  • a. of or relating to spiritual care or guidance especially of a congregation
  • b. of or relating to the pastor of a church
• ? pastorally adverb
• ? pastoralness noun

II. noun

• Date: 1584
• 1.
  • a. a literary work (as a poem or play) dealing with shepherds or rural life in a usually artificial manner and typically drawing a contrast between the innocence and serenity of the simple life and the misery and corruption of city and especially court life
  • b. pastoral poetry or drama
  • c. a rural picture or scene
  • d. pastorale 1a
• 2. crosier 1
• 3. a letter of a pastor to his charge: as
  • a. a letter addressed by a bishop to his diocese
  • b. a letter of the house of bishops of the Protestant Episcopal Church to be read in each parish

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