evangelist

evangelist
noun
  1. a person who seeks to convert others to the Christian faith, especially by public preaching
    福音传道者
    ■a layperson engaged in Christian missionary work
    传播基督教的非神职人员
    ■a zealous advocate of something
    (某事物的)狂热鼓吹者
    he is an evangelist of junk bonds.
    他是低档风险债券的鼓吹者。
  2. the writer of one of the four Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John)
    《福音书》的四位作者(马太、马可、路加、约翰)之一
    St John the Evangelist.
    《福音书》作者之一圣约翰。
派生
evangelistic
adjective
语源
  1. Middle English (in sense 2): from Old French évangéliste, via ecclesiastical Latin from ecclesiastical Greek euangelistēs, from euangelizesthai 'evangelize'
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