preach

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preach /priːtʃ/ verb

1 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]RRTALK TO somebody to talk about a religious subject in a public place, especially in a church during a service （向…）布道，講道；宣講〔教義〕

preach to

Christ began preaching to large crowds.

基督開始向衆人布道。

preach on/about

The vicar preached a sermon about the prodigal son.

教區牧師布道講了浪子回頭的故事。

He traveled the southern states, preaching the gospel.

他遊歷南方各州宣講福音。

2 [transitiveT]PERSUADE to talk about how good or important something is and try to persuade other people about this 宣揚，鼓吹

Alexander has been preaching patience.

亞歷山大一直宣揚要堅忍。

preach the virtues/merits/benefits of something

a politician preaching the virtues of a free market

宣揚自由市場優點的政治家

3 [intransitiveI]ADVISE to give someone advice, especially about their behaviour, in a way that they think is boring or annoying 唠叨地勸誡，令人煩厭地說教

preach about

grown-ups preaching about the evils of drugs

不斷說教毒品害處的成年人

4. preach to the converted/choir EXPLAINto talk about what you think is right or important to people who already have the same opinions as you 向教徒傳道/向唱詩班傳教〔表示向已有同樣觀點的人作宣傳〕

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preach to the converted/choir• But they will still usually be only the party faithful, so he will find himself preaching to the converted.• To some extent this means preaching to the converted.• Not only was he preaching to the choir, he was talking to tax-cutting evangelists.• You're preaching to the converted in us, but you've got to get at everyone else.• He is preaching to the choir of religious-right Protestants and conservative Catholics whose votes should already be locked up.• As Chesterton was preaching to the converted there was no chance of this, so he avoided prosecution.

→ practise what you preach at practise(5)

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preach• After completing his studies, in which he excelled in philosophy and theology, he was ordained and was assigned to preaching.• His jailers realized that his ransom would exceed those of the other prisoners, so Raymond was continuously tortured for preaching.• Campaigns that have merely preached abstinence have always failed.• He also preached at Blackfriars on Sundays and a mid-week lecture in Milk Street.• You're always preaching honesty, and then you lie to me.• Mom, stop preaching - I'm old enough to take care of myself.• In those days there was little opportunity to hear Gospel preaching in Shropshire.• How couldst thou preach of heaven and hell in such a careless, sleepy manner?• Renaissance humanism preached respect for the greatness of the human being as an individual: it stressed personal intelligence and ability.• Gordon was preaching the morality of scholarship.

preaching the gospel• It was only a few minutes into Sunday when Vice President Gore started preaching the gospel.• He would tour the world quietly preaching the gospel of surfing.

preach the virtues/merits/benefits of something• He may preach the virtues of an empty bank account, but Damon is fairly obsessed with filling his own.• By preaching the merits of downsizing, they have provided bosses with arguments for measures that tough economic times have required anyway.

Origin preach

(1200-1300) Old French prechier, from Late Latin praedicare, from Latin dicare “to say publicly”

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