(pl. -ies)
- a person sent on a religious mission, especially one sent to promote Christianity in a foreign country（尤指在国外传播基督教的）传教士。
- of, relating to, or characteristic of a missionary or a religious mission（与）传教士（有关）的; （与）传教（有关）的：
missionary work
传教工作
our taxi driver shared a sense of missionary zeal with us.
我们的出租车司机与我们一样有传教热情。
词源
mid 17th cent.: from modern Latin missionarius, from Latin missio （see MISSION）.