词汇 | curate |
释义 | curateWord family nouncuracycurate Christianitycu·rate1 /ˈkjʊərət $ ˈkjʊr-/ noun [countableC] 1. RRCa priest of the lowest rank, whose job is to help the priest who is in charge of an area 助理牧师 2 curate’s egg British EnglishBrEMIX something that has good and bad parts 有好有坏的东西 The book is something of a curate’s egg. 这本书瑕瑜互见。 Examples from the Corpus curate• He served briefly as a curate before teaching at St Patrick's seminary at Maynooth.• He entered Chichester Theological College and later became a curate in Lincolnshire.• It was clear that he was no ordinary curate.• He looks and sounds like the second curate in a three-priest parish, and his speciality was killing silently.• The curate was troubled by the conflict between his love of biblical study and the chores of the parish. cu·rate2n /kjʊˈreɪt $ kjʊˈreɪt, ˈkjʊreɪt/ verb [transitiveT] nto choose and organize the art, music, objects etc for an exhibition, show, concert etc (1300-1400) Medieval Latin curatus, from cura “religious care”, from Latin; → CURE1 |
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