reverend

用法

称呼牧师或教士时,连名带姓,再加定冠词the,这是表示最高敬意的用法:

the Reverend Joseph [J.] Smith

the Reverend Dr. Joseph [J.] Smith

(约瑟夫‧史密斯牧师)

在上例中,如把Reverend略作Rev.,则仅限于报纸杂志及非正式用法,如同一篇文章中再度提到时,则当称为the Rev. Mr. [Dr.] Smith, 而不可以用Rev. Smith或the Reverend。在交谈时,如不带姓名而仅称呼Reverend是很不礼貌的。

词路径

• entity
• physical entity
• causal agent
• cause
• causal agency
• person
• individual
• someone
• somebody
• mortal
• soul
• leader
• spiritual leader
• clergyman
• reverend
• man of the cloth

上位词

• form of address
• spiritual leader
• title
• title of respect

下位词

• acolyte
• anagnost
• archdeacon
• chaplain
• churchman
• cleric
• curate
• deacon
• divine
• domine
• dominee
• dominie
• dominus
• doorkeeper
• ecclesiastic
• lector
• minister
• minister of religion
• officiant
• ordinand
• ordinary
• ostiarius
• ostiary
• parson
• pastor
• postulator
• preacher
• preacher man
• priest
• reader
• rector
• sermoniser
• sermonizer
• shepherd
• subdeacon
• vicar