| 单词 | pastoral |
| 释义 | pastoral (pɑːstərəl , pæst- ) 1. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] The pastoral duties of a priest or other religious leader involve looking after the people he or she has responsibility for, especially by helping them with their personal problems. ...the pastoral care of the sick. Many churches provide excellent pastoral counselling. 2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] If a school offers pastoral care, it is concerned with the personal needs and problems of its pupils, not just with their schoolwork. [mainly British] A few schools now offer counselling sessions; all have some system of pastoral care. 3. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] A pastoral place, atmosphere, or idea is characteristic of peaceful country life and scenery. ...the pastoral beauty of a park. ...a tranquil pastoral scene. ...the pastoral joys of rural districts. Synonyms: rustic, country, simple, rural 4. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] A pastoral way of life is one in which people keep animals such as cows and sheep that feed off the land. ...the Israelites, who were a pastoral people. ...a system of pastoral farming. Collocations: pastoral concern I needed to interpret the rather stark questions with pastoral concern. Christianity Today I have to be alert to other opportunities for communicating pastoral concern. Christianity Today He looked parishioners in the eyes and displayed obvious pastoral concern. Christianity Today Finally, he considered his main pastoral concern to be the local expatriate population. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There were also pastoral concerns, to ensure believers living in a pagan world understood what they confessed together as one body. Christianity Today Your best energy should be spent on their funerals and pastoral needs rather than on press or public engagements. Christianity Today At times, various pastoral needs will overrule these questions, but where at all possible, ministry should be given over to our fellow priests. Christianity Today The staff built programs that attracted yet more people with pastoral needs. Christianity Today A minister in the congregation would teach the confirmation class and handle miscellaneous pastoral needs. Christianity Today In its report, the commission said that traditional teaching on limbo had to be 're-assessed' in the light of 'pressing pastoral needs'. Times, Sunday Times The pastor indeed carries pastoral responsibility for the entire fellowship. Christianity Today We neither have to fight (meaning someone will lose) nor flee (in which we abdicate our pastoral responsibility). Christianity Today I set out to become capable in all areas of pastoral responsibility, to master the skills of ministry, though they seemed so widely varied. Christianity Today All elders are members, as are ministers with pastoral responsibility for the congregation, there may also be other members. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He delegated many of his pastoral responsibilities, but he stayed at the helm to preach. Christianity Today Some incumbents have excelled in traditional rabbinic learning; some have stressed the pastoral role. The Times Literary Supplement The mystique that went with the pastoral role has diminished. Christianity Today The pastoral role, however, can keep such things from happening—protecting me, and others from me. Christianity Today Over the past generation or two, a subtle devaluation of the pastoral role has occurred that rivals the devaluation of the dollar. Christianity Today In centuries past, the pastoral role was largely liturgical. Christianity Today When you roll into the village, you are greeted with an idyllic pastoral scene. Times, Sunday Times Green fields rise to rugged moorland and it all looks like a timeless pastoral scene. Times, Sunday Times It's an impossibly lovely summer afternoon; a picture-book pastoral scene. Times, Sunday Times Picture the sweet, pastoral scene. Times, Sunday Times It's a pastoral scene occasionally enlivened by rocket launchers from a distant army base. Times, Sunday Times And that boss, the pastor, faces this prospect: how to maintain a professional relationship with a coworker in a pastoral setting. Christianity Today Stereotypical romantic love in the story exists in a pastoral setting. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However unlike most villages, the pastoral setting of the village changed little over many centuries. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In addition to its pastoral setting, the other great originality of the work stems from its novel structure of alternating prose and verse. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Related to the opera buffa, opera semiseria contains elements of comedy but also of pathos, sometimes with a pastoral setting. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 We attended for ten straight weeks and received a warm pastoral visit followed by a phone call. Christianity Today I guess this wasn't just my first pastoral visit; it was my first pastoral 'faith and work' conversation. Christianity Today Bell undertook a detailed pastoral visit of his diocese. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 During his pastoral visit to the region, one hundred and fifty people were arrested for practicing witchcraft. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Departing on a pastoral visit, he vowed to expel them all upon his return. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I want something to remain of this person after ten or twenty or thirty more years of pastoral work. Christianity Today More and more pastors are embracing this way of pastoral work and are finding themselves authenticated by it. Christianity Today He continued his pastoral work there, baptising prisoners secretly and preparing others for confirmation. Times, Sunday Times Insensitive, callous remarks about preaching style and content or personal matters have driven many people from pastoral work. Christianity Today Therefore, as we consider pastoral work, we will easily skip over this person or discharge our obligation with a phone call or letter. Christianity Today Translations: Chinese: 牧师职责的 Japanese: 牧師の |
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