missionary怎么读
音标：英 ['mɪʃ(ə)n(ə)rɪ]
美['mɪʃənɛri]
missionary是什么意思
- adj. 传教的；传教士的
- n. 传教士
missionary的词态变化
复数: missionaries;
中文词源
missionary 传教士
来自mission,使命。即有使命的人，用于指传教士。
英文词源
- missionary (n.)
- 1650s, from missionary (adj.). Missionary position attested by 1963, said to have been coined by Kinsey (1948), who identified its origin in work done by Polish anthropologist Bronisław Malinowski in Melanesia in the 1920s; allegedly from the term used by South Pacific peoples to describe what Christian missionaries promoted to replace their local variations. By late 1960s it became the general term for this type of sex, formerly also known as the English-American position.
- missionary (adj.)
- "sent on a mission," 1640s, from Modern Latin missionarius "pertaining to a mission," from Latin missionem (see mission).
missionary的双语例句
- 1. An American missionary was released today after more than two months of captivity.
- 一位美国传教士在被关押两个多月后于今天获释。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. She had a kind of missionary zeal about bringing culture to the masses.
- 她对于向大众传播文化有着满腔的热忱。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. NB The opinions stated in this essay do not necessarily represent those of the Church of God Missionary Society.
- 请注意：文中所述观点并不代表传教会的立场。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. " We would like very much to have you for dinner, " as the cannibal said to the captured missionary.
- 嗜食人肉的人对被俘掳的传教士说: “ 我们想设宴招待你(吃掉你) ”.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. I repeat I freely consent to go with you as your fellow - missionary.
- 我再说一遍,我爽爽快快地同意跟你去,作为你的传教士的同事.
来自辞典例句
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