preach
要点説教する
意味
- (特に宗教的なことについて,人に)説教する,説く《+to(at)+名〈人〉+about(on)+名(doing)》
- …を説教する,伝道する;…を説く
例文
The main duty of a priest is to preach in church.
牧師の主な仕事は教会で説教することです。
I'm fed up with him always preaching to me.
彼の説教にはうんざりだ。
He preached to us about the importance of good health.
彼は私達に健康の重要性を説いた。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Middle English prechen, from Old French prëechier, precchier (Modern French prêcher), from Latin praedicō (“to proclaim, announce”, literally “to fore-assign, pre-dedicate”). Doublet of predicate. The Latin word is also the source of Old English predician (“to preach”), Saterland Frisian preetje (“to preach”), West Frisian preekje (“to preach”), Dutch preken (“to preach”), German Low German preken (“to preach”), German predigen (“to preach”), Danish prædike (“to preach”), Swedish predika (“to preach”), Icelandic prédika (“to preach”), Norwegian Nynorsk preika (“to preach”).