deacon

释义

n. 副主祭, 执事, 行会会长\nvt. 朗读, 摆得好看些

例句

James Murphy, deacon of the diocese's mother church, the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, said church leaders are always skeptical at first.

主教教区的天主教大教堂执事詹姆斯·墨菲说，教堂的负责人一开始都对此持怀疑态度。

And, even with this terror in his heart, he could hardly avoid laughing, to imagine how the sanctified old patriarchal deacon would have been petrified by his minister's impiety.

然而，尽管他内心如此惧怕，但一想到假着他当真说出那番大不敬的话来，那位圣洁的父辈老执事会吓得何等瞠目结舌，他还是禁不住要笑出声来！