| 单词 |
evangelistic |
| 释义 |
evangelistic, a.|ɪˌvændʒəˈlɪstɪk|
[f. evangelist + -ic.]
1. Of or pertaining to the Four Evangelists.
1845W. Bromet in Archæol. XXXI. 498 At the angles [of an Incised Slab] are the evangelistic symbols. 1850Neale Med. Hymns 108 These are they, the symbols mystic Of the forms Evangelistic. 1869Spurgeon Treas. Dav. Ps. xxii. 7–8 The evangelistic narrative of the ridicule endured by the Crucified One.
2. Of or pertaining to preachers of the Gospel.
1860Ellicott Life Our Lord vii. 281 The fulfilment of type and shadow of the hopes of patriarchs..must be declared by the whole Evangelistic company. 1886Q. Rev. CLXIII. 122 Apparatus, necessary for their [missionaries'] educational and evangelistic labours.
3. Pertaining to the Evangelical school.
1848H. Miller First Impr. viii. (1857) 129 The Voluntary controversy united Evangelistic Dissent and Roman Catholicism by the bonds of a common cause.
Add:4. transf. Of or pertaining to evangelism (sense *1 b); characterized by passionate advocacy.
1961London News (London Labour Party) July 2/5 ‘Whatever makes you interested in Local Government?’.. Real happiness and satisfaction is found in doing for others... Does this sound priggish, evangelistic, dull? 1979Internat. Jrnl. Sociol. of Law VII. 310 Alan Macfarlane..reiterates the importance of such local studies, although not in quite the evangelistic terms of his recent work on Reconstructing Historical Communities. 1986Times 24 July 18/5 King's men are not flyers—they are dour, evangelistic Heads of Public Affairs.., suave, assured chief executives [etc.]. |
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