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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He ought to practise what he preaches.
  他应该以身作则。
• 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。
• 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。