evangelical

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e·van·gel·i·cal /ˌiːvænˈdʒelɪkəl◂/ adjectiveadj

1 RRCevangelical Christians believe that they should persuade as many people as possible to become Christians 福音傳道者的，基督教福音派的

the evangelical church

基督教福音派教會

evangelical missionaries

基督教福音派傳教士

2 ENTHUSIASTICvery eager to persuade people to accept your ideas and beliefs 狂熱宣傳自己的主張和信仰的

He spoke with evangelical fervour.

他發表演說時強烈鼓吹自己的觀念。

Examples from the Corpus

evangelical• Kemp is very evangelical about eating healthy food.• The evangelical community has expressed concerns regarding several of the clauses.• As an aristocrat Hartington was not untypical in regarding them as evangelical fanatics who needed restraining.• Smart assumes a prophetic as well as an evangelical mission.• They were the rational, atheistic two, lost to the evangelical religion of their father.• Despite its impressive growth it represents only 5 percent of the total population and is not growing as fast as evangelical sects.• Then there is sectarian competition - over what is evangelical, too evangelical, not evangelical enough.• In numerous races, evangelical voters were of decisive influence in deciding the outcome.

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evangelical

Enthusiastic: enthusiastic, keen, eager...