1 VERB 讲道；布道；传教 When a member of the clergy preaches a sermon, he or she gives a talk on a religious or moral subject during a religious service. 讲道；布道；传教 [Also V + against/on]
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At High Mass the priest preached a sermon on the devil. [VERB noun]
牧师在大弥撒上布道驱邪。
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The bishop preached to a crowd of several hundred local people. [VERB + to]
主教向当地聚集的数百人布道。
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He denounced the decision to invite his fellow archbishop to preach. [VERB]
他痛斥了邀请其他大主教同仁布道的决定。
SYN deliver a sermon, address, exhort, evangelize
2 VERB 宣传；鼓吹 When people preach a belief or a course of action, they try to persuade other people to accept the belief or to take the course of action. 宣传；鼓吹
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The Prime Minister said he was trying to preach peace and tolerance to his people. [VERB noun]
首相表示他在竭力向他的人民宣传和平和宽容。
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Health experts are now preaching that even a little exercise is far better than none at all. [VERB that]
现在健康专家都在宣扬，即使是少量的运动也远比根本不运动好得多。
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For many years I have preached against war. [V + against/about]
我多年来都在进行反战宣传。
3 VERB 说教；唠叨；不胜其烦地劝诫 If someone gives you advice in a very serious, boring way, you can say that they are preaching at you. 说教；唠叨；不胜其烦地劝诫 [disapproval]
4 PHRASE 以身作则；身体力行；躬行己说 If you say that someone practises what they preach, you mean that they behave in the way that they encourage other people to behave in. 以身作则；身体力行；躬行己说
5 PHRASE 向教徒传道（表示向已经接受某种思想的人宣传这种思想） If you say that someone is preaching to the converted, you mean that they are wasting their time because they are trying to persuade people to think or believe in things that they already think or believe in. 向教徒传道（表示向已经接受某种思想的人宣传这种思想）
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