curate

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cu·rate1 /ˈkjʊərət $ ˈkjʊr-/ noun [countable]  1. RRCa priest of the lowest rank, whose job is to help the priest who is in charge of an area 助理牧师2  curate’s egg British EnglishMIX something that has good and bad parts 有好有坏的东西 The book is something of a curate’s egg. 这本书瑕瑜互见。

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curate• He served briefly as a curate before teaching at St Patrick's seminary at Maynooth.• He entered Chichester Theological College and later became a curate in Lincolnshire.• It was clear that he was no ordinary curate.• He looks and sounds like the second curate in a three-priest parish, and his speciality was killing silently.• The curate was troubled by the conflict between his love of biblical study and the chores of the parish.cu·rate2 /kjʊˈreɪt $ kjʊˈreɪt, ˈkjʊreɪt/ verb [transitive]  nto choose and organize the art, music, objects etc for an exhibition, show, concert etc Origin curate (1300-1400) Medieval Latin curatus, from cura “religious care”, from Latin; → CURE1

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rank, Corpus priest whose is lowest the a of job

curate
cu‧rate /ˈkjʊərət, ˈkjʊərɪt $ ˈkjʊr-/ noun [countable]1. a priest of the lowest rank, whose job is to help the priest who is in charge of an area
2. curate’s egg British English something that has good and bad parts:
    The book is something of a curate’s egg.