televangelist

noun

/ˌtelɪˈvændʒəlɪst/

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(especially in the US) a person who appears regularly on television to try to persuade people to become Christians and to give money
CultureTelevangelists (who are a type of evangelist) have series of religious programmes on television. Many have become very rich from money sent in by supporters. Such programmes lost supporters in the 1980s after Jim Bakker was sent to prison for financial crimes and Jimmy Swaggert admitted that he had visited prostitutes. In 2001 two well-known US televangelists, Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson, made many people angry by suggesting in a television interview that Americans were partly to blame for the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center™ because of their immoral behaviour. In 2007 the government investigated the financial situation of six televangelists as a result of reports of their luxury lifestyles.
Topics TV, radio and newsc2

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单词	televangelist
释义	televangelist noun /ˌtelɪˈvændʒəlɪst/ /ˌtelɪˈvændʒəlɪst/ jump to other results (especially in the US) a person who appears regularly on television to try to persuade people to become Christians and to give money CultureTelevangelists (who are a type of evangelist) have series of religious programmes on television. Many have become very rich from money sent in by supporters. Such programmes lost supporters in the 1980s after Jim Bakker was sent to prison for financial crimes and Jimmy Swaggert admitted that he had visited prostitutes. In 2001 two well-known US televangelists, Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson, made many people angry by suggesting in a television interview that Americans were partly to blame for the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center™ because of their immoral behaviour. In 2007 the government investigated the financial situation of six televangelists as a result of reports of their luxury lifestyles. Topics TV, radio and newsc2 More Like This Blended or portmanteau wordsBlended or portmanteau words alcopop breathalyser bromance brunch chillax chugger docusoap edutainment greenwash guesstimate infomercial mechatronics metrosexual mockney motel multiplex pleather podcast robocall simulcast sitcom smog staycation telethon televangelist workaholic
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