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To proselytize is to try hard to pull someone into your religion — or, by a later stretch, into your political party, your cause, even your way of eating. The important colour is this: the speaker usually does not like it. The word carries a . A church may say it is 'sharing faith'; a critic says it is proselytizing. It started with religion: a proselyte is a person who has come over to a new faith. People now use it more loosely for anyone who will not stop recruiting. It is a little formal. In everyday talk you might just say 'they're always trying to convert people.' American spelling keeps -ize; British spelling often uses -ise (proselytise). Same word, same .
勸人改信、拉人入教（帶貶義）
組成proselyte (a convert; someone who has come over to a new faith) + -ize (to make / to cause).
同家族的字
- proselytea person who has changed to a new religion; this verb is 'to try to make someone into that'
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，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。
proselytizeverb/ˈpɹɒs.əl.ɪ.taɪz/
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To advertise one’s religious beliefs; to convert (someone) to one’s own faith or religious movement or encourage them to do so.
- One of these [people] whom they endeavour to proselytize.
- “I am not sent here to proselytize. My church is not in that business.”
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To advertise one’s religious beliefs; to convert (someone) to one’s own faith or religious movement or encourage them to do so.
- 3
To advertise a non-religious belief, way of living, cause, point of view, (scientific) hypothesis, social or other position, political party, or other organization; to convince someone to join such a cause or organization or support such a position; to recruit someone.
- He has strong political views, and an annoying habit of proselytizing at parties.
- Previously I promised not to proselytize miserism, but now I want to renege a little on that promise. If your family income is anywhere near average, you can scrimp and save and cut back for maybe two to four years […]
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。