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preaching

/pree-ching/US // ˈpri tʃɪŋ //

传道,传教,宣讲,说教

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act or practice of a person who preaches.
    • : the art of delivering sermons.
    • : a sermon.
    • : a public religious service with a sermon.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of, relating to, or resembling preaching: a preaching tone of voice.

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Examples

  • Given Bren Smith’s background, his preaching comes with a bit of an edge.

  • While preaching D.A.R.E. in schools, we made a drug out of external validation.

  • These newspapers are preaching to the converted; Republicans read Republican papers.

  • The elders recommended that Driscoll step down as preaching pastor and only return when the elders believed he was ready.

  • Much of the series was turned over to moralistic preaching about the evils of premarital sex.

  • Naturally, this has doomsayers preaching that the end is nigh.

  • The spread of the holy gospel and uninterrupted preaching went on until the return of the ambassador.

  • I felt just the same when I was married myself; but it's nothing to preaching one's first sermon.

  • I gib ten dollars toward de stated preaching ob de Gospel de fus' year, and de peepil all call me Brudder Dickson.

  • Some in our valley think his heavy crops come from his six days of labor, and some from his one day of preaching.

  • On one occasion he took the liberty, while preaching, to denounce a rich man in the community, recently deceased.