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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柯林斯词典

• VERB 讲道；布道；传教
  When a member of the clergypreachesa 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。
• VERB 宣传；鼓吹
  When peoplepreacha 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。
• 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 theyare preaching atyou.
  1. 'Don't preach at me,' he shouted.
     他大喊道：“不要对我说教。”
• PHRASE 以身作则；身体力行；躬行己说
  If you say that someonepractises whattheypreach, 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。
• 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 someoneis 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.

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He preaches the same sermon every Christmas.
  他每逢圣诞节都宣讲同一教旨。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。