missionary

英 [ˈmɪʃənri]

美 [ˈmɪʃəneri]

n.  传教士

复数：missionaries　

CET6考研TEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.6018 / COCA.4911

牛津词典

noun

• 传教士
  a person who is sent to a foreign country to teach people about Christianity
  1. Baptist missionaries
     浸礼会传教士
  2. missionary work
     传教士的工作
  3. She spoke about her new project with missionary zeal (= with great enthusiasm) .
     她以极大的热忱谈论自己的新方案。

柯林斯词典

• (派往国外的)传教士
  Amissionaryis a Christian who has been sent to a foreign country to teach people about Christianity.
• ADJ 传教的;布道的
  Missionaryis used to describe the activities of missionaries.
  1. You should be in missionary work.
     你应该从事传教工作。
• ADJ (热情)传教士般的
  If you refer to someone's enthusiasm for an activity or belief asmissionaryzeal, you are emphasizing that they are very enthusiastic about it.
  1. She had a kind of missionary zeal about bringing culture to the masses.
     她对于向大众传播文化有着满腔的热忱。

英英释义

noun

• someone who attempts to convert others to a particular doctrine or program
• someone sent on a mission--especially a religious or charitable mission to a foreign country
  Synonym:missioner

adj

• relating to or connected to a religious mission
  Synonym:missional

双语例句

• I heard you sing at that school for missionary kids in Tokyo.
  我是在东京那所传教士孩子的学校听到你演唱的。
• He is a missionary from England.
  他是一位从英国来的传教士。
• One of the college girls became a missionary and went out to africa.
  其中一名女大学生成了传教士，到非洲去了。
• Paul and Barnabas start their first of three missionary trips, which spanned a10 year period.
  保罗和巴拿巴开始了持续十年的传教旅行，他们三次旅行中的第一次。
• You should be in missionary work.
  你应该从事传教工作。
• Forget about Kama Sutra, missionary style is all you can expect.
  忘掉《爱经》吧，有传教士式就不错了。
• She had a kind of missionary zeal about bringing culture to the masses.
  她对于向大众传播文化有着满腔的热忱。
• She taught in a missionary school for a couple of years.
  她在一所教会学校教了两年书。
• I first wanted to be a preacher, but the missionary said I was too artistic.
  吴宇森：我本来想做一名布道者，但传教士说我太有艺术气质了。
• The monastery then became the center of monastic and missionary radiation of Irish tradition on the European continent.
  修道院成了爱尔兰传统在欧洲大陆上的隐修和传教的辐射中心。