preach
verb
uk/priːtʃ/us/priːtʃ/preachverb(IN CHURCH)
[IorT]
(especiallyof apriestorministerin achurch) to give areligiousspeech:
（尤指牧师在教堂中）讲道，布道FatherMartin preachedtotheassembledmourners.马丁神父向聚集的哀悼者们布道。
During thesermon, he preached about the need forforgiveness.在布道中，他宣讲了宽恕的必要性。
Meditation, religious chanting & spiritual states
- asana
- chakra
- chant
- flotation
- incantation
- mantra
- meditate
- meditation
- meditative
- mindful
- mindfulness
- nirvana
- sophrology
- Transcendental Meditation
- yoga
- yogic
preachverb(PERSUADE)
[T]
totrytopersuadeotherpeopletobelievein aparticularbelieforfollowaparticularway oflife:
竭力劝说，竭力鼓吹They preach theabolitionofestablishedsystemsbutproposenothing toreplacethem.他们竭力鼓吹废除现行体制，但没有提出取代方案。
Urging & persuading
- ambulance-chasing
- argumentation
- be/go on atsomeoneidiom
- blag
- blagger
- chivvy
- fob
- induce
- inveigle
- lean
- lean onsomeone/something
- miseducate
- miseducation
- overencourage
- soft sell
- urge
- woo
- work onsomething
- wrap
- wrapsomeonearoundyourlittle fingeridiom
preachverb(ADVISE)
[I]disapproving
to giveunwantedadvice,especiallyaboutmoralmatters, in aboringway:
告诫；（尤指道德）说教He's such apain- he's always preachingaboutthevirtuesofworkinghard and getting up early.他很烦人——老在宣讲努力工作和早起的美德。
My mother's always preachingat/tomeaboutkeepingmyroomtidy.我母亲老是告诫我保持房间整洁。
Giving advice
- (a) word to the wiseidiom
- advice column
- advice columnist
- advisability
- adviser
- agony aunt
- agony uncle
- backseat driver
- bum steer
- clinic
- consultant
- consulting
- counsel
- counselling
- handler
- hold a clinicidiom
- lifestyle manager
- talk some sense into sbidiom
- waste
- would
Idiom
preach to the converted