reverend
adj[attrib 作定语]
1 deserving to be treated with respect, esp because of age, etc 应受尊敬的, 值得敬重的(尤指因年纪大等).
2 the Reverend (abbrs 缩写 Rev, Revd) (used as the title of a clergyman 用作神职人员的尊称)
the Rev John/J/Mr Smith 约翰[J]史密斯牧师 (but not 但不可作 the Rev Smith); the Very Reverend, of a dean (指教长);the Right Reverend, of a bishop (指主教); the Most Reverend, of an archbishop or Irish Roman Catholic bishop (指大主教或爱尔兰天主教的主教); the Reverend Father, of a Roman Catholic priest (指天主教的司铎).
🗣️ 情景例句
The board has discussed your request for a 30% pay rise, we cannot meet you demands but we would be happy to offer you 15%.
董事会已讨论了你要求加30%薪水的要求,我们不能满足你的要求,但我们很乐意给你加15%的薪水。
Where are you headed?
你要到哪里去?
As a shipbuilder, Cockerell was trying to find a solution to the problem of the wave resistance which wastes a good deal of a surface ship's power and limits its speed.