【clergyman】 - A-level备考词汇

clergyman

UK:  ['klɜ:dʒimən]

US:  ['klɜ:dʒimən]

复数：clergymen  

n.

1.教士,牧师

1 . "They mostly do, " said the clergyman, griping hard at his breast, as if afflicted with an importunate throb of pain.
“他们大多能这么做，”牧师一边说着，一边紧紧捂住自己的心口，象是有揪心的疼痛纠缠着他。

2 . MacNeice was the precocious son of a Church of Ireland clergyman, growing up in an often chilly Carrickfergus rectory.
麦克尼斯是爱尔兰一位教堂牧师的儿子，思想有些早熟，并成长于一个经常阴冷的卡利克费格斯教区（Carrickfergusrectory）。

3 . There is the parsonage: a tidy-looking house, and I understand the clergyman and his wife are very decent people.
那儿是牧师住宅，房子显得很整洁，据我所知，牧师和他的妻子都是正派人。

4 . "Then I need ask no further, " said the clergyman, somewhat hastily rising from his chair.
“这样看来，我就不必多问了，”牧师说着，有点匆忙地从椅子上站起身。

5 . He was not always a clergyman. During the first half of his life, he was a teacher in the military school at Woolwich .
他并不是一直是个牧师，他的前半生在吾尔维希的军校当一名老师。