單詞
proselyte
英 ['pr?s?la?t]
美['prɑsl,a?t]
基本信息
- vi. 改變宗教信仰
- n. 改信仰者
- vt. 使改宗教信仰
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?proselytes;第三人稱單數(shù):?proselytes;過去式:?proselyted;過去分詞:?proselyted;現(xiàn)在分詞:?proselyting;
中文詞源
proselyte 改信仰者，皈依者
來自希臘語proselytos,皈依猶太教的人，新來的人，來自pros,向前，朝向，來自pro的擴(kuò)大形式，-lyt,走，來自PIE*leudh,走，詞源可能同lead.
英文詞源
- proselyte
- proselyte: [14] A proselyte is etymologically someone who ‘comes to’ a new religion. The word comes via Latin prosēlytus from Greek proséluthos ‘person who comes to a place’, a derivative of the verb prosérkhesthai ‘come to, approach’.
- proselyte (n.)
- late 14c., from Old French proselite (13c., Modern French prosélyte), from Late Latin proselytus, from Greek proselytos "convert (to Judaism), stranger, one who has come over," noun use of adjective meaning "having arrived," from second aorist stem of proserkhesthai "to come or go; surrender; associate with," from proti "toward" + root of eleusesthai "to be going to come," from PIE *elu-to-, from root *leudh- "to go." Originally in English "a Gentile converted to Judaism" (late 14c.).
雙語例句
- 1. I am very cuious about why you come to Taiwan to proselyte.
- 我很好奇你們?yōu)槭颤N來臺灣傳教.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 2. The governments of some countries forbid us to proselyte.
- 有些國家的政府禁止我們傳教.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 3. The General Authorities are in the process of negotiating with governments, hoping we can proselyte.
- 總會當(dāng)局正在交涉, 希望政府讓我們傳教.
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