| 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 | 无 |
| 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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