| 英语单词 | Protestant |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 ['prɒtɪstənt] 美 ['prɑːtɪstənt] |
| 中文释义 | n.抗议者 adj.抗议的 Protestant. n.新教徒 adj.新教徒的 |
| 英语例句 | (1) A Protestant delivered a speech to the crowd. (2) Dr.Townes, who described himself as a Protestant Christian, said there was no reason to expect that the Bible would be all correct. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 一名新教徒向人群发表了演说。 (2) 尽管汤斯博士并不讳言自己基督教新教徒的身份,他也表明,从理性观点看,圣经不可能是完全精确无误的。 |
| vocabulary简明 | The adjective protestant describes a person or thing that is protesting or displaying disapproval or objection. You might see protestant young students marching in front of the capital in reaction to the government's newly passed bill. |
| vocabulary扩展 | Protestant originates from the Latin word protestari, meaning "declare publicly, testify, protest," which combines pro meaning "forth, before," and testari meaning "testify." A protestant person typically is someone making a public declaration against something he opposes. The protestant residents in your city are against the plan to develop businesses on the waterfront. You were being protestant when you questioned your professor's grading policy in front of the entire class. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]新教教徒 A Protestant is a Christian who belongs to the branch of the Christian church which separated from the Catholic church in the sixteenth century. 2 [ADJ 形容词]新教教徒的;新教的 Protestant means relating to Protestants or their churches. [usu ADJ n]
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