喜樂美語
  1. 1傳教、講道；(非宗教語境，帶負面意味)說教、訓話

    Preach means to give a religious talk, usually in a church, explaining ideas from a holy book like the Bible — a priest or pastor preaches to their community. Outside religion, 'preach' is often used with a negative feeling: if someone 'preaches' about how you should live, work, or behave, it means they are lecturing you in a way that feels too moral, repetitive, or — 'stop preaching at me' means 'stop telling me what to do like you're better than me.'

From the word’s history

From Middle English prechen, from Old French preechier, from Latin praedicō 'proclaim'; doublet of predicate.

經古法文來自拉丁文 praedicō「公開宣告」。

Wiktionary

組成From Latin praedicare, meaning 'to proclaim or announce publicly' — related to 'predicate.'

同家族的字

  • preacherthe person who preaches, usually a religious speaker

原始詞典資料7 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

preachverb/pɹiːt͡ʃ/

  • 1

    To give a sermon.

    • Our pastor can preach very well.
    • One saint’s day in mid-term a certain newly-appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.” He at once secured attention by his informal method, and when presently the coughing of Jarvis […] interrupted the sermon, he altogether captivated his audience with a remark about cough lozenges being cheap and easily procurable.
  • 2

    To proclaim by public discourse; to utter in a sermon or a formal religious harangue.

    • The Spirit of the Lord God is vpon me, therefore hathe the Lord anointed me: he hathe ſent me to preache good tidings vnto the poore,[…]
  • 3

    To advise or recommend earnestly.

    • My Mʳ preaches patience to him,[…]
  • 4

    To teach or instruct by preaching; to inform by preaching.

    • The Spirits of the Dead, / Quitting their mortal mansion, enter not, / As falsely ye are preached, their final seat / Of bliss, or bale;[…]
  • 5

    To give advice in an offensive or obtrusive manner.

    • Papa, don't preach, I'm in trouble, deep / Papa, don't preach, I've been losing sleep

preachnoun/pɹiːt͡ʃ/

  • 1

    obsoleteA religious discourse.

    • he make peace in his preaches and play with esteem

preachintj/pɹiːt͡ʃ/

  • 1

    slangUsed to express strong agreement (as if encouraging somebody to continue speaking).

    • – If you can't do the time, don't do the crime! – Preach!

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