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Preach Latin Late Church French Pri:Tʃ V.传教,讲道 英

单词 preach
音标 [pri:tʃ]
解释 v.传教,讲道
红宝书 【英】 v. 传教,讲道(to deliver a sermon)
【考】 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prie st, reach(到达),牧师到 达→传教
【例】 preach honesty to young people
字源 preach (v.)
at first in late Old English predician, a loan word from Church Latin; reborrowed 12c. as preachen, from Old French preechier "to preach, give a sermon" (11c., Modern French précher), from Late Latin praedicare "to proclaim publicly, announce" (in Medieval Latin "to preach"), from Latin prae "before" (see pre-) + dicare "to proclaim, to say" (see diction). Related: Preached; preaching. To preach to the converted is recorded from 1867 (form preach to the choir attested from 1979).
不择手段背单词
趣味全助记 【记】priest preach ie→e, st→ch;pray + teach 教,教你如何祷告→传教;pray 祷告 + church 教堂;

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