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a clergyman + verb
使用不定冠词泛指一位牧师。
A clergyman delivered the sermon.
一位牧师发表了布道。
（男）牧师；教士
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（男）牧师；教士
A male member of the clergy, especially an ordained Christian minister.
A clergyman delivered the sermon.
一位牧师发表了布道。
神职人员的男性成员；尤指受圣职的(男性)基督教牧师。
A male member of a clergy; especially, an ordained (male) Christian minister.
基督教会的神职人员和精神领袖
a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church
The clergyman delivered a moving sermon on Sunday morning.
这位牧师在周日上午发表了一篇感人的布道。
Several clergymen from different denominations attended the interfaith conference.
几位来自不同教派的牧师参加了跨信仰会议。
The local community respects the elderly clergyman for his decades of service.
当地社区尊敬这位老牧师，因为他服务了数十年。
使用不定冠词泛指一位牧师。
A clergyman delivered the sermon.
一位牧师发表了布道。
使用定冠词特指已知的牧师。
The congregation respected the clergyman.
会众尊敬那位牧师。
所有格形式表示牧师的所属物。
The clergyman's robe was white.
牧师的长袍是白色的。
Not this
The church has several clergyman.
Use this
The church has several clergymen.
clergyman 是可数名词，其复数形式为不规则变化 clergymen。汉语学习者常因母语无复数标记而漏加复数词尾。
Not this
He is a clergy in the local church.
Use this
He is a clergyman in the local church.
clergy 是集合名词，指神职人员整体，不可指单个个体。表示一位神职人员应用 clergyman 或 member of the clergy。
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英国国教牧师
The Anglican clergyman led the Sunday service.
这位英国国教牧师主持了周日礼拜。
退休牧师
The retired clergyman still visits the sick in the community.
这位退休牧师仍去探望社区里的病人。
乡村牧师
The village clergyman is well known for his charity work.
这位乡村牧师以慈善工作著称。
被按立的牧师
He became an ordained clergyman after years of study.
经过多年学习，他成为了一名被按立的牧师。
牧师领
He always wears a clergyman's collar when on duty.
他当值时总是戴着牧师领。
我是一名牧师，并且我很高兴从事这个职业。
The clergyman visited the sick parishioners every week.
这位牧师每周都探访生病的教区居民。
他是一名神职人员，一个信仰祈祷力量的人。
The clergymen gathered for the annual conference.
神职人员们聚集参加年度会议。
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clergy（神职） + man（人） = clergyman（牧师）
语域：neutral 常见场景：religious contexts、formal writing、church leadership 通常用于中性场合，指基督教会的神职人员，多见于宗教文本或正式报道。
These words all end with the unstressed 'man' /mən/, rhyming with 'clergyman'. Note that the word 'man' alone is pronounced /mæn/, so these compounds are not perfect rhymes with the standalone word.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.