单词
proselyte
英 ['pr?s?la?t]
美['prɑsl,a?t]
基本信息
- vi. 改变宗教信仰
- n. 改信仰者
- vt. 使改宗教信仰
词态变化
复数:?proselytes;第三人称单数:?proselytes;过去式:?proselyted;过去分词:?proselyted;现在分词:?proselyting;
中文词源
proselyte 改信仰者，皈依者
来自希腊语proselytos,皈依犹太教的人，新来的人，来自pros,向前，朝向，来自pro的扩大形式，-lyt,走，来自PIE*leudh,走，词源可能同lead.
英文词源
- 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.).
双语例句
- 1. I am very cuious about why you come to Taiwan to proselyte.
- 我很好奇你们为什麽来台湾传教.
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- 2. The governments of some countries forbid us to proselyte.
- 有些国家的政府禁止我们传教.
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- 3. The General Authorities are in the process of negotiating with governments, hoping we can proselyte.
- 总会当局正在交涉, 希望政府让我们传教.
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