a person, often a member of the clergy, who gives religious talks and often performs religious ceremonies, for example in a church 传道者;牧师 a preacher famous for her inspiring sermons 以发人深省的讲道出名的传道者 a lay preacher (= who is not a priest, etc. but who has been trained to give religious talks) 在俗传道员
Extra ExamplesTopics Religion and festivalsc2He was a radical preacher who inspired peasants to rebel. 他是一个激进的传教者,鼓动农民造反。 His father was an itinerant Methodist preacher. 他的父亲是一个卫理公会的巡回传教士。 a Southern hellfire preacher 一个宣扬南方地狱之火的传教士 a charismatic TV preacher 一位有魅力的电视传教士 clergymen who adamantly opposed women preachers 坚决反对女性传教士的牧师 right-wing Christian fundamentalist preachers 右翼的基督教原教旨主义传教士
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- charismatic
- dynamic
- famous
- …
- hear
- listen to
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French precheor, from ecclesiastical Latin praedicator, from the verb praedicare ‘proclaim’, in ecclesiastical Latin ‘preach’, from prae ‘before’ + dicare ‘declare’.