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evangelize

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Christianity
e·van·ge·lize (also evangelise British English) /ɪˈvændʒəlaɪz/ verb [intransitive, transitive]  RRCto try to persuade people to become Christians ()信奉基督教,(…)传播福音 an attempt to evangelize the whole nation 向全国民众传播福音的尝试
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Examples from the Corpus
evangelizeStill, we are not slow to evangelize.And then we all have doubts and lay off evangelizing, and Grandpa off and joins the Pentecostals.In 1985, the darkest days of Macintosh, the evangelizing began to pay dividends.Further, to hear what one approves serves the evangelizing instinct.Mr Heseltine had evangelized Whitehall on behalf of his cause like a latter-day John the Baptist.
e·van·ge·lize verbChineseSyllable
become to Corpus to people try to persuade


evangelize
evangelize (also evangelise British English) /ɪˈvændʒəlaɪz, ɪˈvændʒɪlaɪz/ verb [intransitive and transitive]
to try to persuade people to become Christians:
    an attempt to evangelize the whole nation


evan·gel·ize (BrE also evan·gel·ise) BrE /ɪˈvændʒəlaɪz/ 🔊NAmE /ɪˈvændʒəlaɪz/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they evangelize BrE /ɪˈvændʒəlaɪz/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪˈvændʒəlaɪz/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it evangelizes BrE /ɪˈvændʒəlaɪzɪz/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪˈvændʒəlaɪzɪz/ 🔊past simple evangelized BrE /ɪˈvændʒəlaɪzd/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪˈvændʒəlaɪzd/ 🔊past participle evangelized BrE /ɪˈvændʒəlaɪzd/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪˈvændʒəlaɪzd/ 🔊 -ing form evangelizing BrE /ɪˈvændʒəlaɪzɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪˈvændʒəlaɪzɪŋ/ 🔊~ sb to try to persuade people to become Christians 传播福音;使皈依基督教