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noun: serve as a deacon
serve as 后接职位名词，表示“担任…职务”。
She has served as a deacon in her church for ten years.
她在自己的教会担任执事已有十年。
执事
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
执事
a lay member of a Protestant church who assists the minister
She has served as a deacon in her church for ten years.
她在自己的教会担任执事已有十年。
早期教会中负责慈善事务的指定执事(见《使徒行传》6:1-6)。
A designated minister of charity in the early Church (see Acts 6:1-6).
现代教会中代替牧师处理世俗和/或行政事务的成员,具体职责因教派而异。
A modern-day member of a church who handles secular and/or administrative duties in a priest's stead, the specifics of which depends on denomination.
The deacon read a passage from the Bible during the service.
礼拜时，执事朗读了一段《圣经》经文。
Our church elected a new deacon to help the minister with charitable work.
我们教会选了一位新执事，协助牧师开展慈善工作。
The deacons are responsible for welcoming visitors and assisting with communion.
执事们负责欢迎访客并协助圣餐礼。
serve as 后接职位名词，表示“担任…职务”。
She has served as a deacon in her church for ten years.
她在自己的教会担任执事已有十年。
be ordained 后可直接接 deacon 作补足语，表示“被按立为执事”。
He was ordained a deacon last Sunday.
他上星期日被按立为执事。
deacon 作动词时是及物动词，后接朗读或诵读的对象。
The lay reader deaconed the lesson at the morning service.
平信徒读经员在早间礼拜时诵读了经文。
Not this
He is deacon at our church.
Use this
He is a deacon at our church.
deacon 是可数名词，单数作表语时前面需要加不定冠词 a/an，表示“一名执事”；汉语没有冠词，所以很容易漏掉。
Not this
There are two deacon in our church.
Use this
There are two deacons in our church.
deacon 是可数名词，复数形式为 deacons；汉语名词没有复数词尾，因此容易漏加 -s。这里 two deacons 表示“两位执事”。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
按立执事
The bishop ordained a deacon during the morning service.
主教在晨间礼拜时按立了一名执事。
担任执事
She served as a deacon at her local church for ten years.
她在当地教会担任执事十年。
执事职位
In many churches, the office of deacon is open to both men and women.
在许多教会，执事职位对男女都开放。
执事和长老
The committee was made up of deacons and elders.
该委员会由执事和长老组成。
他们叫我执事布鲁斯
In the song, the narrator adopts the identity of a 'deacon' but embraces the blues.
在歌曲中，叙述者采纳了“执事”的身份，却拥抱了布鲁斯音乐。
Use deacon naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把 deacon 记成教会里的 beacon（灯塔）：执事像灯塔一样服务、引导会众。
语域：neutral 常见场景：教会场合、宗教文本、历史叙述 该词通常用于教会或宗教语境，比较正式，日常口语中较少出现。
与 deacon /ˈdiːkən/ 完全押韵的是 beacon /ˈbiːkən/（均为 /iːkən/）。bacon /ˈbeɪkən/、falcon /ˈfɔːlkən/、silicon /ˈsɪlɪkən/ 都拼作 -con，但重读元音不同，不押韵，仅拼写相似。chicken /ˈtʃɪkən/ 和 reckon /ˈrekən/ 虽也以 /kən/ 结尾，但拼写分别以 -cken 和 -on 结尾，需注意区分。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.