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
preach的第三人称单数

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

• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• When the fox preaches, then take care of your geese.
  每当狐狸说教，当心鹅群被盗。
• 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。
• 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。
• My father always preaches at me.
  我爸爸老跟我唠叨。
• 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。