(in the Anglican Church 圣公会 an assistant to a vicar (= a priest, who is in charge of the church or churches in a particular area) （某教区的）助理牧师
Idioms
the/a curate’s egg
- (British English)
something that has some good parts and some bad ones 好坏兼有之物；瑕瑜互见之物 Their investment plan shows the familiar curate's egg pattern of some bits doing well and others doing badly. 他们的投资计划显示了人们熟悉的副牧师的鸡蛋模式，即有些人做得好，有些人做得不好。
CultureThe phrase comes from a cartoon in the British magazine Punch in 1895, in which a nervous young curate is having breakfast with a bishop. The bishop says 'I'm afraid you've got a bad egg there' and the curate, not wanting to upset the bishop, replies, 'Oh no, my Lord! … Parts of it are excellent!’