英语词汇“preach”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

preachpreach /pritʃ/ ●●○ verb

ETYMOLOGYpreach

Origin: 1200-1300 Old French prechier, from Late Latin praedicare, from Latin dicare to say publicly

VERB TABLE

preach

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	preach
	he, she, it	preaches
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	preached
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have preached
	he, she, it	has preached
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had preached
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will preach
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have preached

Continuous Form
Present	I	am preaching
	he, she, it	is preaching
	you, we, they	are preaching
Past	I, he, she, it	was preaching
	you, we, they	were preaching
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been preaching
	he, she, it	has been preaching
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been preaching
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be preaching
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been preaching

COLLOCATIONS► preached a sermon

Pastor Young preached a sermon on forgiveness.

1[intransitive, transitive] to give a talk in public about a religious subject, especially about the correct moral way for people to behave: preach to somebody He preached to thousands of people.preach (something) on/about something Pastor Young preached a sermon on forgiveness.2[transitive] to talk about how good or important something is and try to persuade other people about this: You’re always preaching honesty, and then you lie to me.3[intransitive] to give someone advice in a way that he or she thinks is boring or annoying: Mom, please stop preaching – I know what I’m doing.4preach to the choir/converted to talk about what you think is right or important to people who already have the same opinions as you5preach the gospel a)to tell people about Jesus Christ and try to persuade them to follow Christianity b)to try to persuade people to accept something that you believe in very strongly: As he travels he preaches the gospel of creative healthy cooking. → see also practice what you preach at practice2 (5)