preach
/priːtʃ/
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(v) တရားဟောသည်။ ဟောပြောသည်။
၁။ (က) ~ (to sb) (about/ against/ on sth) တရားဟောသည်။ ဟောပြောသည်။ preach a sermon every Sunday ❍ The vicar preached to the congregation for half an hour. ❍ He preached against violence.
(ခ) တရားဒေသနာ ဟောကြားသည်။ preach the Gospel/ the word of God ❍ They preached the new doctrines throughout Europe.
၂။ ဆွယ်တရားဟောသည်။ တရားဟောသည်။ နားချသည်။ He was always preaching the virtues of capitalism.
၃။ ~ (at/ to sb) (often derog ) ဆရာလုပ် သည်။ မိကျောင်းမင်း ရေခင်းပြသည်။ ဘုန်းကြီးကိုစာချသည်။ I am tired of listening to you preach (at me). ❍ You are in no position to preach to me about honesty!
❏ preach to the converted [IDM ] ဘုန်းကြီးစာချသည်။ Rousing speeches to faithful party members is simply preaching to the converted.
❏ preacher n တရားဟောဆရာ။ a good preacher ❍ a preacher famous for his inspiring sermons.
- [preach a sermon] : The Reverend Hugh McKeag preached the sermon.
- [preach to] : That afternoon he preached to three thousand people.
- [preach about/against] : People flocked to hear him preach about Jesus.
- I don’t mean to preach, but I think it’s time to get serious about your relationship.
- Both my parents have always preached tolerance and moderation.
- [preach the values/virtues/evils of something] : He preaches the virtues of hard work.
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