| 单词 | preach |
| 释义 | preach (once / 98 pages) v To preach is to deliver a sermon or an otherwise powerful message. You may go to church to hear the minister preach, and you may preach tolerance to your friends. Have you ever heard anyone say, "That's preaching to the choir"? That means you're wasting your words on somebody who already believes what you believe. If you're giving an impassioned speech about recycling to an audience dressed in reclaimed clothing and sandals made of old tires, you're likely to be preaching to the choir. The word preach comes from the Latin prae, "before," and dicare, "declare." When you preach, you're not just talking — you're declaring something with conviction. WORD FAMILYpreach: preached, preacher, preaches, preaching, preachment+/preacher: preachers/preaching: preachings/preachment: preachments USAGE EXAMPLESOutside Caesars Palace, a group of people preaching Christianity yelled judgments at the pedestrians with bullhorns. Los Angeles Times(Jan 01, 2017) He’s teaching and preaching at the same time. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) The Rev. Lynn Jostes will preach on “Fearing, Hoping, Trusting,” and the sacraments of Communion and Baptism will be celebrated. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) 1v deliver a sermon The minister is not preaching this Sunday Syn|Hypo|Hyper prophesy evangelise, evangelize preach the gospel (to) lecture, talk deliver a lecture or talk 2v speak, plead, or argue in favor of Syn|Hypo|Hyper advocate moralise, moralize, preachify, sermonise, sermonize speak as if delivering a sermon; express moral judgements exhort, press, urge, urge on force or impel in an indicated direction |
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