preaches

英 [ˈpriːtʃɪz]

美 [ˈpriːtʃɪz]

v.  布道，讲道(尤指教堂中礼拜时); 宣传，宣扬，宣讲(教义、生活方式、体制等); 说教
preach的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 讲道；布道；传教
  When a member of the clergypreachesa sermon, he or she gives a talk on a religious or moral subject during a religious service.
  1. At High Mass the priest preached a sermon on the devil...
     牧师在大弥撒上布道驱邪。
  2. The bishop preached to a crowd of several hundred local people...
     主教向当地聚集的数百人布道。
  3. He denounced the decision to invite his fellow archbishop to preach.
     他痛斥了邀请其他大主教同仁布道的决定。
• VERB 宣传；鼓吹
  When peoplepreacha belief or a course of action, they try to persuade other people to accept the belief or to take the course of action.
  1. The Prime Minister said he was trying to preach peace and tolerance to his people...
     首相表示他在竭力向他的人民宣传和平和宽容。
  2. Health experts are now preaching that even a little exercise is far better than none at all...
     现在健康专家都在宣扬，即使是少量的运动也远比根本不运动好得多。
  3. For many years I have preached against war.
     我多年来都在进行反战宣传。
• VERB 说教；唠叨；不胜其烦地劝诫
  If someone gives you advice in a very serious, boring way, you can say that theyare preaching atyou.
  1. 'Don't preach at me,' he shouted.
     他大喊道：“不要对我说教。”
• PHRASE 以身作则；身体力行；躬行己说
  If you say that someonepractises whattheypreach, you mean that they behave in the way that they encourage other people to behave in.
  1. He ought to practise what he preaches.
     他应该以身作则。
• 向教徒传道（表示向已经接受某种思想的人宣传这种思想）
  If you say that someoneis preaching to the converted, you mean that they are wasting their time because they are trying to persuade people to think or believe in things that they already think or believe in.

双语例句

• John Piper is transfixed and intoxicated by Jonathan Edwards and he channels him every time he preaches.
  约翰•派博被约拿单•爱德华兹牢牢吸引，陶醉其中，他每次讲道都向人介绍他。
• He ought to practise what he preaches.
  他应该以身作则。
• Although it has helped many individuals set up in business, the library will never practise what it preaches and turn a profit from the enterprise.
  尽管该馆帮助许多个人创办了自己的企业，但它永远不会将其推崇的理论付诸实践，也不会从企业中谋利。
• John is our minister and he often preaches honesty to us.
  约翰是我们的牧师，他经常劝道我们为人要诚实。
• My father always preaches at me.
  我爸爸老跟我唠叨。
• He preaches again there, he has the same kind of things happen, he rents a hall where he again conducts classes and conducts sermons, and that sort of thing.
  他在那里讲道，又做了同样的事，他租了房子，然后又可以布道，讲道之类的。
• He practises what he preaches, which is more than you do.
  他处处以身作则，这点就比你强。
• Our minister often preaches honesty to the young people.
  我们的牧师经常向年轻人讲授诚实的道理。
• When the fox preaches, then take care of your geese.
  每当狐狸说教，当心鹅群被盗。
• A ranter preaches there between the services-an excellent, fiery, Christian man, they say.
  晨祷和晚祷之间，有一个卫理公会牧师在那儿讲道&他们说他是一个杰出的、火热的基督徒。