evangelist

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An itinerant or special preacher, especially a revivalist, who conducts services in different cities or locations, now often televised.
  2. A writer of a gospel, especially the four New Testament Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John), usually capitalized (Evangelist).
  3. A person who first brought the gospel to a city or region.
  4. A patriarch.
  5. A person marked by extreme enthusiasm for or support of any cause, particularly with regard to religion. broadly
    — Booth, William (1829-1912) English evangelist; founder and first general of the Salvation Army ... his subordinates being expected to give him unquestioning obedience.
  6. A person hired to promote a particular technology.
    — developer evangelist

词形变化

evangelists plural

词汇关系

衍生词
evangelism marketing evangelistic evangelistship technology evangelist televangelist
相关词
angel angelic evangel evangelism evangelize missionary Christer

词源

From Old French evangeliste, equivalent to evangel + -ist, from ecclesiastical Latin evangelista, from ecclesiastical Ancient Greek εὐαγγελιστής (euangelistḗs, “bringer of good news”), from εὐαγγελίζεσθαι (euangelízesthai, “to evangelize”), from εὐάγγελος (euángelos, “bringing good news”), from εὖ (eû, “well”) + ἀγγέλλειν (angéllein, “to announce”).
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