missionaries是什么意思？

missionaries

• n. 传教士( missionary的名词复数 )；

例句

• From Persia itself came a party of Christian missionaries ( in 635 ). 从波斯本国还来了一群基督教传教士 ( 635年 ).
• The missionaries rebuked the natives for worshipping images. 传教士指责当地人崇拜偶像.
• The missionaries evangelized the Pacific Islanders. 传教士使太平洋岛上的居民信仰基督教.
• Some missionaries came from England in the Qing Dynasty. 清朝时,从英国来了一些传教士.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  (派往国外的)传教士
  A missionary is a Christian who has been sent to a foreign country to teach people about Christianity.
• ADJ
  传教的;布道的
  Missionary is used to describe the activities of missionaries.
  例句
  You should be in missionary work. 你应该从事传教工作。
• ADJ
  (热情)传教士般的
  If you refer to someone's enthusiasm for an activity or belief as missionary zeal, you are emphasizing that they are very enthusiastic about it.
  例句
  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。