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televangelist

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++tel·e·van·ge·list /ˌtelɪˈvændʒəlɪst/ noun [countable]  someone who appears regularly on television to try to persuade people to become Christians, and often also asks people to give them money 电视福音布道者〔定期在电视上宣传基督教并劝人捐款的人〕televangelism noun [uncountable]
Examples from the Corpus
televangelistAt that time the statistics were spectacular, even for a Pentecostal televangelist.
Origin televangelist (1900-2000) television + evangelist
tel·e·van·ge·list nounChineseSyllable
who try regularly television on appears to Corpus someone


televangelist
televangelist /ˌtelɪˈvændʒələst, ˌtelɪˈvændʒəlɪst/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1900-2000
 Origin: television + evangelist
someone who appears regularly on television to try to persuade people to become Christians, and often also asks people to give them money
—televangelism noun [uncountable]


tele·van·gel·istBrE /ˌtelɪˈvændʒəlɪst/ 🔊NAmE /ˌtelɪˈvændʒəlɪst/ 🔊 noun(especially in the US) a person who appears regularly on television to try to persuade people to become Christians and to give money 电视福音布道者(在美国尤指定期在电视上劝人加入基督教及捐款者)<titled tranID="15" status="1">phone / call / ring</titled>

Verbs 动词

  • In BrE, to phone, to ring and to call are the usual ways of saying to telephone. In NAmE the most common word is call, but phone is also used. Speakers of NAmE do not say ring. Telephone is very formal and is used mainly in BrE. 在英式英语中,phone、ring 和 call 为表示打电话的惯常用语。在美式英语中,call 最常用,但也用 phone。说美式英语的人不用 ring。telephone 非常正式,主要用于英式英语。

Nouns 名词

  • You can use call or phone call (more formal) in both BrE and NAmE. 在英式英语和美式英语中,用 call 或 phone call(较正式)均可Were there any phone calls for me? 有我的电话吗?How do I make a local call? 本地电话怎么打?The idiom give sb a call is also common. 习语 give sb a call 亦常用I'll give you a call tonight. 我今晚会给你打电话。In informal BrE you could also say 非正式英式英语中亦可说I'll give you a ring tonight. 我今晚会给你打电话。
tele·van·gel·ism BrE /ˌtelɪˈvændʒəlɪzəm/ 🔊NAmE /ˌtelɪˈvændʒəlɪzəm/ 🔊 noun [uncountable]