preaches

英 [ˈpriːtʃɪz] 美 [ˈpriːtʃɪz]

v.  布道，讲道(尤指教堂中礼拜时); 宣传，宣扬，宣讲(教义、生活方式、体制等); 说教
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  1. VERB 讲道；布道；传教
    When a member of the clergy preaches a sermon, he or she gives a talk on a religious or moral subject during a religious service.
    1. At High Mass the priest preached a sermon on the devil...
      牧师在大弥撒上布道驱邪。
    2. The bishop preached to a crowd of several hundred local people...
      主教向当地聚集的数百人布道。
    3. He denounced the decision to invite his fellow archbishop to preach.
      他痛斥了邀请其他大主教同仁布道的决定。
  2. VERB 宣传；鼓吹
    When people preach a belief or a course of action, they try to persuade other people to accept the belief or to take the course of action.
    1. The Prime Minister said he was trying to preach peace and tolerance to his people...
      首相表示他在竭力向他的人民宣传和平和宽容。
    2. Health experts are now preaching that even a little exercise is far better than none at all...
      现在健康专家都在宣扬，即使是少量的运动也远比根本不运动好得多。
    3. For many years I have preached against war.
      我多年来都在进行反战宣传。
  3. VERB 说教；唠叨；不胜其烦地劝诫
    If someone gives you advice in a very serious, boring way, you can say that they are preaching at you.
    1. 'Don't preach at me,' he shouted.
      他大喊道：“不要对我说教。”
  4. PHRASE 以身作则；身体力行；躬行己说
    If you say that someone practises what they preach, you mean that they behave in the way that they encourage other people to behave in.
    1. He ought to practise what he preaches.
      他应该以身作则。
  5. 向教徒传道（表示向已经接受某种思想的人宣传这种思想）
    If you say that someone is preaching to the converted, you mean that they are wasting their time because they are trying to persuade people to think or believe in things that they already think or believe in.
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    双语例句

    1. He ought to practise what he preaches.
      他应该以身作则。
    2. Their strategy of development finance emphasizes the important role of entrepreneurship and markets over a staid aid-system of development that preaches hand-outs.
      它们的经济发展战略强调企业和市场的重要地位，而不是僵化的发展援助系统，只会不断索取。
    3. A ranter preaches there between the services-an excellent, fiery, Christian man, they say.
      晨祷和晚祷之间，有一个卫理公会牧师在那儿讲道&他们说他是一个杰出的、火热的基督徒。
    4. And, perhaps most important, a culture that preaches opportunity and celebrates the risk-taker, the pioneer.
      也许最重要的是，它还有一种宣扬机会，为冒险者、开拓者喝彩的文化。
    5. John Piper is transfixed and intoxicated by Jonathan Edwards and he channels him every time he preaches.
      约翰•派博被约拿单•爱德华兹牢牢吸引，陶醉其中，他每次讲道都向人介绍他。
    6. A preacher should also be able to make the hearer understand the truth using diverse techniques that may help achieve the final goal of what the preacher preaches.
      布道者也应该能够使用不同的技术帮助听者理解实相，这有助于最终实现布道者讲道的最终目的。
    7. Our teacher always preaches at me about being late for school.
      我们老师经常就上学迟到的事谆谆劝诫我。
    8. Our minister often preaches honesty to the young people.
      我们的牧师经常向年轻人讲授诚实的道理。
    9. Stephen preaches the Gospel to the Jews, they get mad at him, they persecute him and stone him.
      司提反向犹太人传道，惹恼了犹太人，他们迫害他，用石头扔他。
    10. I understand he practices the very crimes he preaches in his fiction.
      我知道他实施了他在自己的小说里所宣扬的罪行。
    11. The result is risk-averse policies and a fiscal orthodoxy stricter even than the IMF now preaches.
      其结果是采取了规避风险的政策和正统的财政措施，甚至比国际货币基金组织现在鼓吹的还要严格。
    12. It is time for the west to practice what it preaches about the value of market incentives.
      西方曾宣扬市场激励的价值，现在是时候身体力行了。
    13. He preaches love and brotherhood.
      他教导爱与情意。
    14. He's such a hypocrite! He never practises what he preaches.
      他是个伪君子！他从来不躬行己说。
    15. John is our minister and he often preaches honesty to us.
      约翰是我们的牧师，他经常劝道我们为人要诚实。
    16. He always tells me to be diligent but he himself doesn't practice what he preaches.
      他总是叫我们勤奋学习，但他自己却没有身体力行。
    17. The SCO preaches absolute respect for national sovereignty and has sought to limit American influence in Central Asia.
      上合组织宣扬对国家主权的绝对尊重，并尝试限制美国在中亚的影响力。
    18. He practises what he preaches, which is more than you do.
      他处处以身作则，这点就比你强。
    19. He preaches again there, he has the same kind of things happen, he rents a hall where he again conducts classes and conducts sermons, and that sort of thing.
      他在那里讲道，又做了同样的事，他租了房子，然后又可以布道，讲道之类的。
    20. A final boost should come from the structural reforms Berlin preaches abroad but has recently ducked at home.
      最后一项刺激应来自结构改革。德国在国外鼓吹结构改革，但最近在国内却三缄其口。
    21. He preaches the same sermon every Christmas.
      他每逢圣诞节都宣讲同一教旨。
    22. When the fox preaches, then take care of your geese.
      每当狐狸说教，当心鹅群被盗。
    23. Its key personnel by style and training are usually uncomfortable with the conceptual preaches.
      它的主要人员不论就其作风或所受的训练而言，一般都不善于遵照一定的总体思想去工作。
    24. Mr Obama needs to practise the multilateralism he so fervently preaches.
      奥巴马必须贯彻自己热心鼓吹的多边主义。
    25. The school will practise what it preaches, he says.
      他表示，这所学校将实践它宣扬的信条。
    26. The kind of religion which father drew preaches.
      德罗神父所宣讲的那种宗教。
    27. Although it has helped many individuals set up in business, the library will never practise what it preaches and turn a profit from the enterprise.
      尽管该馆帮助许多个人创办了自己的企业，但它永远不会将其推崇的理论付诸实践，也不会从企业中谋利。
    28. My father always preaches at me.
      我爸爸老跟我唠叨。
    29. The chaplain came and preaches to a packed church.
      牧师来了，向济济一堂的教友们布了道。
    30. He goes on to Nineveh and preaches God's message, and its sinful people repent.
      约拿来到尼尼微传达上帝的教诲，这个罪恶城市的人民悔改。
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