evangelist: [12] The original sense of evangelist was ‘writer of a gospel’. English used to have the word evangel ‘gospel’. This came via Old French evangile and ecclesiastical Latin evangelium from Greek euaggélion, which in classical times meant ‘reward for bringing good news’ (it was a compound based ultimately on the prefix eu- ‘good, well’ and the noun ággelos ‘messenger’ – source of English angel).
Later on it came to mean simply ‘good news’, and in early Christian texts written in Greek it denoted specifically any of the four books of the New Testament written by Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. (English gospel was originally a literal translation of it.) Evangelist itself comes from the Greek derivative euaggelistés. => angel
evangelist (n.)
late 12c., "Matthew, Mark, Luke or John," from Old French evangelist and directly from Late Latin evangelista, from Greek euangelistes "preacher of the gospel," literally "bringer of good news," from euangelizesthai "bring good news," from eu- "good" (see eu-) + angellein "announce," from angelos "messenger" (see angel).
In early Greek Christian texts, the word was used of the four traditional authors of the narrative gospels. Meaning "itinerant preacher" was another early Church usage, revived in Middle English (late 14c.). Classical Greek euangelion meant "the reward of good tidings;" sense transferred in Christian use to the glad tidings themselves. In Late Latin, Greek eu- regularly was consonantized to ev- before vowels.
雙語例句
1. She was one of the pillars of the church, a powerful evangelist and very widely known.
她是一位遠近聞名,頗有影響的福音傳道士,是教會的一根頂梁柱.
來自辭典例句
2. The Evangelist is actually the opposite of The Theoretician.
傳教士實際上就是理論家的反面.
來自互聯網
3. For the last few years, I have been an evangelist for renting.
過去的兩年, 我一直支持租房.
來自互聯網
4. Matt Farrell : [ running to a injury Evangelist McClane ] You okay?
馬特·法萊爾(向流血的 約翰·邁克萊恩 跑過去):你還好 吧 ?
來自互聯網
5. Sir Evangelist Talbot Lo and behold , the consumer son returns.