missionary
missionary
(pl. -ies)
(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。
- mid 17th cent.: from modern Latin missionarius, from Latin missio (see mission)
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