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at the pulpit
使用时通常加定冠词 the。
He stood at the pulpit and delivered a powerful sermon.
他站在讲道坛上，发表了一篇有力的布道。
布道坛；讲道坛
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
布道坛；讲道坛
a raised platform in a church where the minister stands to preach; the lectern on this platform
He stood at the pulpit and delivered a powerful sermon.
他站在讲道坛上，发表了一篇有力的布道。
A raised platform in a church, sometimes enclosed, where the minister or preacher stands when giving the sermon; also, the lectern on such a platform.
Bully pulpit.
Any lectern, podium, dais, or platform for an orator or public speaker.
船首栏杆,有时延伸至甲板外；亦称为船首栏杆。船尾栏杆有时称为船尾栏杆或后栏杆。
The railing at the bow of a boat, which sometimes extends past the deck; also called bow pulpit. The railing at the stern is sometimes called the stern pulpit or the pushpit.
The pastor stood at the wooden pulpit and delivered his sermon.
牧师站在木制讲道坛上布道。
The church's pulpit is made of carved oak and dates back to the 18th century.
教堂的讲道坛由橡木雕刻而成，可追溯到18世纪。
She climbed the steps to the pulpit and began to read the scripture.
她爬上台阶走到讲道坛前，开始朗读经文。
使用时通常加定冠词 the。
He stood at the pulpit and delivered a powerful sermon.
他站在讲道坛上，发表了一篇有力的布道。
The bishop addressed the congregation from the pulpit.
主教从讲道坛上向会众讲话。
The pulpit of the cathedral is intricately carved.
大教堂的讲道坛雕刻精美。
Not this
He spoke from pulpit.
Use this
He spoke from the pulpit.
中文学习者常遗漏冠词，但英语中可数名词单数前通常需要限定词（如the），此处特指某个讲道坛，必须加the。
Not this
The pastor stood on the pulpit.
Use this
The pastor stood in the pulpit.
受中文“在讲道坛上”的影响，学习者误用“on”，但英语中讲道坛是封闭空间，正确搭配为“in the pulpit”，表示站在坛内；而“on”则指接触坛顶表面，不符合实际场景。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
宣传讲坛（利用职位或权威发表观点的平台）
The president used the bully pulpit to promote the new policy.
总统利用宣传讲坛来推广新政策。
在布道坛上；通过讲道
He condemned the violence from the pulpit.
他在布道坛上谴责了暴力行为。
登上讲道坛（开始讲道或演讲）
The young pastor took the pulpit with great confidence.
那位年轻牧师信心十足地登上讲道坛。
站在讲台（或演讲台）旁讲话
The lecturer stood at the pulpit and addressed the audience.
讲师站在演讲台前向听众讲话。
船首斜护栏（船艏外伸的金属或木质结构）
We secured the anchor on the bow pulpit.
我们把锚固定在了船首护栏上。
（总统或要职为宣扬主张提供的）有力讲坛；重要宣传平台
She used her popular podcast as a bully pulpit to raise awareness about climate change.
她利用自己的热门播客作为有力讲坛，来提高人们对气候变化的意识。
神职界；牧师（总称）
The pulpit has traditionally been a powerful voice in American politics.
神职界历来是美国政治中一股强大的声音。
慷慨激昂的布道者；言辞激烈的传教士
The new minister was a real pulpit thumper, and his sermons always woke people up.
新来的牧师是个慷慨激昂的布道者，他的布道总能让人精神一振。
我想我的批评者会把这称为说教，但我的“天字第一号讲坛”实在太棒了！
Theodore Roosevelt used the presidency as a bully pulpit to advocate for reform.
西奥多·罗斯福以总统职位为“天字第一号讲坛”来倡导改革。
Use pulpit naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
记忆联想：教堂前方高高凸起的讲台（pulpit）四面围栏，像站在一个'坑'（pit）里布道。
语域：neutral 常见场景：church services、religious sermons、church architecture 多用于教堂礼拜等宗教场合，指牧师或讲道者站立的讲台。语气中立，属于标准用词；若泛指一般演讲台，日常更常说 podium 或 lectern。
No common word rhymes exactly with 'pulpit' (stressed vowel /ʊ/ + /lpɪt/). 'pit' shares the final /pɪt/ but stresses /ɪ/, not /ʊ/. 'bullet' and 'pulley' share the vowel /ʊ/ and the spelling 'ul', but not the full ending. 'culprit' and 'pulp' look similar but use /ʌ/ instead of /ʊ/. 'tulip' looks similar in spelling but is pronounced completely differently: /ˈtuːlɪp/.
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