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bishop

/ˈbɪʃəp/
B1 · Intermediate★★★☆☆
noun

Simple Meaning

基督教中领导一组教会的高级神职人员,或国际象棋中的棋子。

When to Use

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Intermediate — can handle common situations

Examples in Conversation

主教昨天在大教堂发表了演讲。

我移动了象来保护国际象棋中的王。

Full Definition

An overseer of congregations: either any such overseer, generally speaking, or (in Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Anglicanism, etc.) an official in the church hierarchy (actively or nominally) governing a diocese, supervising the church's priests, deacons, and property in its territory.

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