Preach



GRE 蓝宝 TOEFL 考研

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 传教, 讲道
• ［英］ v. 传教, 讲道 ( to deliver a sermon)
• ［类］ nitpicker : critcize / preacher : sermon / quibbler :cavil ( 挑错者批判 / 传道士传道 / 吹毛求疵者挑剔)
• ［记］ 分割记忆: p看作priest, reach ( 到达) , 牧师到达 -> 传教

Webster Collegiate

verb

• Etymology: Middle English prechen, from Anglo-French precher, from Late Latin praedicare, from Latin, to proclaim, make known, from prae- pre- + dicare to proclaim — more at diction
• Date: 13th century
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to deliver a sermon
  • 2. to urge acceptance or abandonment of an idea or course of action; specifically to exhort in an officious or tiresome manner
• transitive verb
  • 1. to set forth in a sermon <preach the gospel>
  • 2. to advocate earnestly <preached revolution>
  • 3. to deliver (as a sermon) publicly
  • 4. to bring, put, or affect by preaching <preached the…church out of debt — American Guide Series: Virginia>
• ? preacher noun
• ? preachingly adverb

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