proselytize (UK usually proselytise) UK ['prɒs.əl.ɪ.taɪz] US ['prɑ:.sə.lɪ-] verb intransitive disapproving formal ■to try to persuade someone to change their religious or political beliefs or their way of living to your own 使改变(宗教、政治信仰或生活方式)•He was also remarkable for the proselytizing zeal with which he wrote his political pamphlets.他也非常热衷于改变他人的信仰,凭着这种热情他写了许多政治小册子。 •The television has provided the evangelists with yet another platform for their proselytizing.电视为福音派传教士提供了另一个用来改变他人信仰的讲坛。 |