单词 | preach | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
释义 | preachpreach /priːtʃ/ ●○○ verb Word Origin WORD ORIGINpreach Verb TableOrigin: 1200-1300 Old French prechier, from Late Latin praedicare, from Latin dicare ‘to say publicly’VERB TABLE preach
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WORD SETS► Religion Collocationsacolyte, nounafterlife, nounagnostic, nounangel, nounanimism, nounanoint, verbapostasy, nounapostate, nounarchangel, nounbelieve, verbbeliever, nounbell-ringer, nounbless, verbblessed, adjectiveblessing, nouncelebrant, nounChristian Science, nouncircumcise, verbcircumcision, nouncommunion, nounconfession, nounconvent, nounconversion, nounconvert, nouncoreligionist, nouncowl, nouncredo, nouncreed, nouncult, noundaemon, nounDecalogue, noundefrock, verbdeism, noundenomination, noundenominational, adjectivedevotee, noundevotion, noundevotional, adjectivedevout, adjectivedivine, adjectivedivinity, noundruid, nounfaith, nounfast day, nounfeast, nounfervour, nounfiesta, nounfollow, verbfrankincense, noungentile, noungod, noungoddess, noungrace, nounhabit, nounhair shirt, nounhallelujah, interjectionhallowed, adjectivehalo, nounheathen, adjectiveheathen, nounheaven, nounheavenly, adjectivehell, nounheresy, nounheretic, nounhermit, nounhermitage, nounheterodox, adjectivehigh priest, nounidol, nounidolatry, nounincarnation, nounincense, nouninfidel, nounintercession, nouninvocation, nouninvoke, verbirreligious, adjective-ism, suffixlayman, nounlaywoman, nounlibation, nounliturgical, adjectiveliturgy, nounmartyr, nounmartyr, verbmeditate, verbmeditation, nounmission, nounmonastery, nounmonastic, adjectivemonk, nounmonotheism, nounMoonie, nounMormon, nounMosaic, adjectivemystery play, nounmystic, nounmystical, adjectivemysticism, nounneophyte, nounnovice, nounnovitiate, nounnuminous, adjectivenun, nounnunnery, nounoblation, nounobservance, nounoffering, nounOlympian, adjectiveordain, verborder, nounorthodox, adjectiveotherworldly, adjectivepagan, adjectivepagan, nounpantheism, nounpantheon, nounParsee, nounpilgrim, nounpilgrimage, nounpious, adjectivepluralism, nounpolytheism, nounpractise, verbpray, verbprayer, nounprayer wheel, nounpreach, verbpreacher, nounpriest, nounpriestess, nounpriesthood, nounpriestly, adjectiveprophet, nounprophetess, nounpurify, verbRasta, nounRastafarian, nounRastaman, nounRE, nounrecant, verbreincarnation, nounreligious, adjectivereligiously, adverbreliquary, nounrepent, verbretreat, nounrevelation, nounrevivalism, nounrite, nounritual, nounsacred, adjectivesacrifice, nounsacrifice, verbsacrificial, adjectivesanctify, verbsanctity, nounsanctuary, nounsanctum, nounsatanism, nounscripture, nounsect, nounsectarian, adjectiveservice, nounshaman, nounShinto, nounshrine, nounsin, nounsin, verbsinful, adjectivesinner, nounsoul, nounspirit, nounspiritual, adjectivespiritualism, nounspirituality, nounSr, sun god, nounsuppliant, nounsupplicant, nounsupplication, nounSupreme Being, nounTao, nounTaoism, nountemple, nountenet, nounthanksgiving, nountheism, nountheo-, prefixtheocracy, nountheologian, nountheological college, nountheology, nountonsure, nountranscendental, adjectivetranscendental meditation, nountransmigration, noununbelief, noununbeliever, nounungodly, adjectiveunholy, adjectiveunorthodox, adjectivevisionary, nounvoodoo, nounvotary, nounworship, verbworship, noun COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► preached ... sermon Phrases The vicar preached a sermon about the prodigal son. ► preaching the gospel He traveled the southern states, preaching the gospel. ► preach the virtues/merits/benefits of something a politician preaching the virtues of a free market COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► preach/spread the gospel (=tell people about it) Missionaries were sent to preach the Gospel. gospel stories ► spread/preach the gospel spreading the gospel of science ► give/preach/deliver a sermon (on something) The vicar gave a sermon on charity. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► choir· Not only was he preaching to the choir, he was talking to tax-cutting evangelists.· He is preaching to the choir of religious-right Protestants and conservative Catholics whose votes should already be locked up. ► church· Rome has more churches and less preaching in them than any city in the world. ► doctrine· In the first place, it was quite useless to preach ready made doctrine to them.· He later preached good doctrine and set the colonists to building a church.· They preached the pure doctrine and pure life that Puritans had cherished ever since they formed under Elizabeth and chafed under James.· It preaches the doctrine that individuals should be allowed to do anything they wish unfettered by social conventions. ► gospel· This means a goal of thirty viable gospel preaching churches in our town and twelve in Cranham alone.· However, it was not long before the Gospel preached by Richard Baxter began to change her life. ► message· The first sermon she preached reiterated the message. ► minister· Wolsey even has his ministers preach peace sermons in London.· Pentecostals love this story and their ministers frequently preach on it, for two reasons.· These were the things our minister preached to us every Sunday of my early life. ► sermon· The sermon he preached was scholarly, and explained why he had been called to this well-found charge and to the chaplaincy.· The emotional setting in which sermons could be preached was made possible by a sympathetic audience: indeed, reciprocity was essential.· Patriot Patrick Henry liked to drop by to hear the recruiting sermons Davies preached, in order to learn oratory.· The first sermon she preached reiterated the message. ► virtue· He may preach the virtues of an empty bank account, but Damon is fairly obsessed with filling his own. VERB► begin· In 1869 he sold his business and began preaching throughout Britain.· After a couple of years, Philip began to preach on the streets of post-Renaissance Rome.· He then began preaching Wycliffite views to enthusiastic congregations in and near the town.· The rector began spontaneously to preach one of the most electrifying sermons of his career.· Frequently the visitors were so numerous they could not fit into the house, so Seymour began preaching from the porch. ► continue· Two years later he received an order of excommunication and ignored that too in that he continued to preach.· Nevertheless Seymour continued to preach and testify at black missions in Houston where he eventually met a woman named Neely Terry. ► hear· In those days there was little opportunity to hear Gospel preaching in Shropshire.· She heard Cotton preach two covenants.· Two Sundays back, I heard Sithole preach.· They would have preferred to hear him preach his Lenten sermons on the necessity of self-discipline and the importance of fasting.· Richard Baxter was preaching in Alcester one Sunday in September 1642 when the sound of distant canon fire was heard.· The next candidate, Richard Baxter, was unanimously chosen the first time they heard him preach.· How can they hear without some one preaching to them? ► practice· However, we don't always practice what we preach.· Ulene tries to practice what he preaches, jogging and eating a low-fat diet.· It's too easy to inadvertently fail to practice what we preach. ► practise· It is a good thing he practises what he preaches.· I just wanted to see if he practised what he preached.· The paper would practise what it preached.· In most areas of life, he tries to practise what he preaches.· It is also important to practise what you preach.· The tight control on public sector pay is crucial and underlines the fact that the Government intends to practise what it preaches.· And Scott the rapier-slim rapper backs up this message by practising what he preaches. PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► preach to the converted/choir 1[intransitive, transitive] to talk about a religious subject in a public place, especially in a church during a servicepreach to Christ began preaching to large crowds.preach on/about The vicar preached a sermon about the prodigal son. He traveled the southern states, preaching the gospel.2[transitive] to talk about how good or important something is and try to persuade other people about this: Alexander has been preaching patience.preach the virtues/merits/benefits of something a politician preaching the virtues of a free market3[intransitive] to give someone advice, especially about their behaviour, in a way that they think is boring or annoyingpreach about grown-ups preaching about the evils of drugs4preach to the converted/choir to talk about what you think is right or important to people who already have the same opinions as you → practise what you preach at practise(5)
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