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
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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

• The kind of religion which father drew preaches.
  德罗神父所宣讲的那种宗教。
• The school will practise what it preaches, he says.
  他表示，这所学校将实践它宣扬的信条。
• Our teacher always preaches at me about being late for school.
  我们老师经常就上学迟到的事谆谆劝诫我。
• He's such a hypocrite! He never practises what he preaches.
  他是个伪君子！他从来不躬行己说。
• He practises what he preaches, which is more than you do.
  他处处以身作则，这点就比你强。
• The SCO preaches absolute respect for national sovereignty and has sought to limit American influence in Central Asia.
  上合组织宣扬对国家主权的绝对尊重，并尝试限制美国在中亚的影响力。
• Its key personnel by style and training are usually uncomfortable with the conceptual preaches.
  它的主要人员不论就其作风或所受的训练而言，一般都不善于遵照一定的总体思想去工作。
• 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。
• 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。
• I understand he practices the very crimes he preaches in his fiction.
  我知道他实施了他在自己的小说里所宣扬的罪行。