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preach 音標拼音: [pr'itʃ] vt.
vi. 傳道,講道,說教,宣講,鼓吹
n. 說教,布道 傳道,講道,說教,宣講,鼓吹說教,佈道 preach v 1: deliver a sermon; " The minister is not preaching this Sunday" [ synonym: { preach}, { prophesy}] 2: speak, plead, or argue in favor of; " The doctor advocated a smoking ban in the entire house" [ synonym: { preach}, { advocate}] Preach \ Preach\, v. t. 1. To proclaim by public discourse; to utter in a sermon or a formal religious harangue. [ 1913 Webster] That Cristes gospel truly wolde preche. -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster] The Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek. -- Isa. lxi. 1. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To inculcate in public discourse; to urge with earnestness by public teaching. " I have preached righteousness in the great congregation." -- Ps. xl. 9. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To deliver or pronounce; as, to preach a sermon. [ 1913 Webster] 4. To teach or instruct by preaching; to inform by preaching. [ R.] " As ye are preached." -- Southey. [ 1913 Webster] 5. To advise or recommend earnestly. [ 1913 Webster] My master preaches patience to him. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] { To preach down}, to oppress, or humiliate by preaching. -- Tennyson. { To preach up}, to exalt by preaching; to preach in support of; as, to preach up equality. [ 1913 Webster]
Preach \ Preach\, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. { Preached}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Preaching}.] [ OE. prechen, OF. preechier, F. pr[^ e] cher, fr. L. praedicare to cry in public, to proclaim; prae before dicare to make known, dicere to say; or perhaps from ( assumed) LL. praedictare. See { Diction}, and cf. { Predicate}, { Predict}.] 1. To proclaim or publish tidings; specifically, to proclaim the gospel; to discourse publicly on a religious subject, or from a text of Scripture; to deliver a sermon. [ 1913 Webster] How shall they preach, except they be sent? -- Rom. x. 15. [ 1913 Webster] From that time Jesus began to preach. -- Matt. iv. 17. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To give serious advice on morals or religion; to discourse in the manner of a preacher. [ 1913 Webster]
Preach \ Preach\, n. [ Cf. F. pr[^ e] che, fr. pr[^ e] cher. See { Preach}, v.] A religious discourse. [ Obs.] -- Hooker. [ 1913 Webster] 50 Moby Thesaurus words for " preach": address, admonish, advise, advocate, catechize, caution, charge, counsel, deliver a lecture, discourse, encourage, enjoin, evangelize, exhort, explain, exposit, expostulate, expound, harangue, hold forth, homilize, incite, inculcate, induce, issue a caveat, lecture, minister, mission, missionary, moralize, move, persuade, point a moral, pontificate, preachify, preaching, preachment, prelect, prompt, prophesy, read a lesson, read a sermon, remonstrate, reprimand, sermonize, sermonizing, speak, talk, urge, warn |
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