preached

英 [priːtʃt]

美 [priːtʃt]

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的过去分词和过去式

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

• Your administration has always preached regime change, and now you see the chance to effect it.
  你们的政府总是鼓吹政权变换，现在你们看到机会了。
• He preached the Gospel to the heathen locals from this spot.
  他曾在这里向不信教的当地人宣讲《福音书》。
• He preached the virtues of capitalism to us.
  他向我们宣扬资本主义的优点。
• The priest preached a sermon on the need of charity.
  牧师在布道会上宣讲慈爱的必要。
• The Dictator preached war as a means of making the country great.
  独裁者鼓吹战争是强国的一种手段。
• British vicar has preached his way into the record books by giving a30-hour sermon on the Old Testament.
  英国一位牧师创造了连续布道30个小时的世界纪录，他用以布道的材料是《圣经旧约》。
• The bishop preached to a crowd of several hundred local people
  主教向当地聚集的数百人布道。
• Sometimes the rector came up and preached a sermon.
  有时候教区牧师来布道。
• But the sermon should not be written and preached exclusively for this group.
  但是讲章不应专为他们所写和宣讲。
• Our local priest preached a sermon on the need for forgiveness.
  我们本地的牧师作了关于宽恕必要性的布道。