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proselytize

/pros-uh-li-tahyz/US // ˈprɒs ə lɪˌtaɪz //UK // (ˈprɒsɪlɪˌtaɪz) //

传教,传播,宣扬,拉拢

Related Words

advocate倡导,倡导者,主张,鼓吹uphold支持,坚持,维护,拥护approve批准,核准,认可,通过defend保护,防御,辩护,维护adopt采用,通过,通过了,采用了accept接受,接受接受,接纳,接受接受接受persuade劝说,劝导,劝服,说服embrace拥抱,怀抱,搂抱,搂着convince确信,说服,信服,说服力sway摇摆,动摇,摇摆不定,摇晃get into进入,进,入,钻进

Definitions

  1. 1

    pros·e·lyt·ized, pros·e·lyt·iz·ing.

    • : to convert or attempt to convert as a proselyte 1; recruit to a religion or other belief system.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbconvert, espouse
Forms: proselytized
Synonyms
accept接受,接受接受,接纳,接受接受接受adopt采用,通过,通过了,采用了advocate倡导,倡导者,主张,鼓吹approve批准,核准,认可,通过convince确信,说服,信服,说服力defend保护,防御,辩护,维护embrace拥抱,怀抱,搂抱,搂着persuade劝说,劝导,劝服,说服sway摇摆,动摇,摇摆不定,摇晃uphold支持,坚持,维护,拥护alter conviction改变信念,改变定罪,改判,变更定罪be born again重生,重生了,复生,重生后cause to adopt导致通过,导致采用,导致采纳,导致采取change belief改变信念,改变信仰,变革信念,改变观念get into进入,进,入,钻进stand behind支持,背后,站在背后,站到了

Examples

  • As someone who has zero interest in most books beloved by proselytizing, glassy-eyed dudes of the 1970s and 1980s, I always figured I could never be a Dune person.

  • This means they are proliferating on lesser-known platforms that give them less reach, but more opportunities to proselytize with abandon.

  • The Smocks, sometimes accompanied by their five daughters and other open-air preachers, roam the country, attempting to proselytize students to abandon their lives of sin.

  • I haven’t been this disappointed since I found out Aslan the lion was really Jesus and Narnia was proselytizing.

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