preached
past simple and past participle ofpreach
| 单词 | preached |
| 释义 | preached past simple and past participle ofpreach preach verb uk/priːtʃ/us/priːtʃ/preachverb(IN CHURCH)[IorT] (especiallyof apriestorministerin achurch) to give areligiousspeech: FatherMartin preachedtotheassembledmourners. During thesermon, he preached about the need forforgiveness. Meditation, religious chanting & spiritual states
preachverb(PERSUADE)[T] totrytopersuadeotherpeopletobelievein aparticularbelieforfollowaparticularway oflife: They preach theabolitionofestablishedsystemsbutproposenothing toreplacethem. Urging & persuading
preachverb(ADVISE)[I]disapproving to giveunwantedadvice,especiallyaboutmoralmatters, in aboringway: He's such apain- he's always preachingaboutthevirtuesofworkinghard and getting up early. My mother's always preachingat/tomeaboutkeepingmyroomtidy. Giving advice
Idiompreach to the converted Examplesofpreachedpreached In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Similarly, sermonspreachedduring profession ceremonies or funerals of the city's nuns retained their ecstatic, baroque rhetoric. From theCambridge English Corpus Their unfortunate brothers listened to them as theypreached, smoked and philosophised in the safe confines of the pote. From theCambridge English Corpus A number of reviewers made the point that the production lacked political impact because it 'preachedto the converted'. From theCambridge English Corpus Some had prophesied, a few hadpreached, and others had even publicly demonstrated in defence of their forms of worship. From theCambridge English Corpus The partisanspreachedresistance at any cost, even if it meant v including heavy civilian casualties. From theCambridge English Corpus Convertspreachedpublicly, orally, about private wrongs, calling impotent, beery men to repentance. From theCambridge English Corpus As their names implied, mutual benefit societiespreachedself-help and mutual assistance. From theCambridge English Corpus On the other hand, the missionariespreachedagainst the violence and terror that were intrinsic to many paternalistic marriages. From theCambridge English Corpus Priestspreacheda rosy afterlife in paradise, while advocating the benefits they could obtain in this life. From theCambridge English Corpus A shorter final section discusses sermonspreachedearly in the fifth century. From theCambridge English Corpus In this midst of this determined moderation, the gospel which these reformerspreachedwas that of justification by faith alone. From theCambridge English Corpus There was a substantial contrast between the line of communist propaganda, whichpreachedfraternity between peoples, and the reality of relations stamped with paranoia. From theCambridge English Corpus Theypreachedthe virtue of temperance and the dangers of alcoholism. From theCambridge English Corpus Although many timespreached, the main problem in a current information-centric world remains to properly put the collected raw data to use. From theCambridge English Corpus The moral essence of man, as the stoicspreached, is a fiction. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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