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reverend

/rev-er-uhnd, rev-ruhnd/US // ˈrɛv ər ənd, ˈrɛv rənd //UK // (ˈrɛvərənd) //

牧师,尊敬的先生,尊敬的阁下,尊敬的牧师

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : : Reverend Timothy Cranshaw; Reverend Mother.
    • : worthy to be revered; entitled to reverence.
    • : pertaining to or characteristic of the clergy.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Informal. a member of the clergy.

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Examples

  • At the moment, the reverend seems content in the role of visiting politician, passing through on his way to higher ground.

  • For Paul, the thrill of breakfast with the Reverend, may be giving way to the taste of burnt toast.

  • This week the Church of England named the Reverend Libby Lane as its first female bishop.

  • Percy Heath, a merry fellow, specialized in leading the Reverend Professor Doctor astray and had a lot of fun with him.

  • As Sharpton now visited Tupac in prison, the rapper told him that his jailhouse friend was not a big fan of the reverend.

  • The Dean of Blackburn, the Very Reverend Christopher Armstrong, said it was the biggest event it had hosted.

  • He looked up through half closed eyes to see the Reverend standing over him.

  • There were five men and three women in the circus troupe, and among the four nuns was the grave reverend mother of a convent.

  • What she meant neither the Reverend John Dodd, or any other male person, could ever truly know.

  • Great had been her indignation at the want of respect shown to the Reverend John Dodd's cloth.

  • So Glavis (he is the Reverend's faithful lieutenant, you know), went out to look up Baptiste and have a talk with him.