evangelist

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e·van·ge·list /ɪˈvændʒɪlɪst/ noun [countable]  1. RRCsomeone who travels to different places and tries to persuade people to become Christians 巡回布道者n2. → Evangelist —evangelism noun [uncountable] —evangelistic /ɪˌvændʒəˈlɪstɪk◂/ adjective his evangelistic work 他的布道工作

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evangelist• At this point it may be helpful to try and distinguish between a witness and an evangelist.• Change the way you look and feel for ever, says Powter, with the fervor of an evangelist.• Though the voice of humanitarians and evangelists was heard.• And this the canonical evangelists stress, each in his own way.• It is humbling to think of old women as major evangelists of the nation!• A Presbyterian evangelist converted Sarah, but left her with more feelings of guilt than of grace.• But on Thursday, the evangelist is back for a three-day crusade.• He was friendly to evangelists but was unmoved by their calls for his conversion.nEvangelistRRCone of the four writers of the books in the Bible called the Gospels 《圣经》福音书的四位作者之一Origin evangelist (1100-1200) Old French evangeliste, from Greek euangelion “good news, gospel”, from eu- “good” + angelos “someone who brings a message”

e·van·ge·list nounEvangelistLDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable  

Corpus travels who tries to different and to places someone

evangelist
e‧van‧ge‧list /ɪˈvændʒələst, ɪˈvændʒɪləst/ noun [countable]1. someone who travels to different places and tries to persuade people to become Christians
2. Evangelist one of the four writers of the books in the Bible called the Gospels
—evangelism noun [uncountable]
—evangelistic /ɪˌvændʒəˈlɪstɪk◂, ɪˌvændʒɪˈlɪstɪk◂/ adjective:
    his evangelistic work

evan·gel·istBrE /ɪˈvændʒəlɪst/ 🔊NAmE /ɪˈvændʒəlɪst/ 🔊 nouna person who tries to persuade people to become Christians, especially by travelling around the country holding religious meetings or speaking on radio or television （基督教）布道者  ➡  see also televangelist Evangelist one of the four writers (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John) of the books called the Gospels in the Bible 福音作者，圣史（写作《圣经》中四福音的人）▸ evan·gel·ism BrE /ɪˈvændʒəlɪzəm/ 🔊NAmE /ɪˈvændʒəlɪzəm/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] ▸ evan·gel·ist·ic BrE /ɪˌvændʒəˈlɪstɪk/ 🔊NAmE /ɪˌvændʒəˈlɪstɪk/ 🔊 adjective◆an evangelistic meeting布道会