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apostle

noun
🔊/əˈpɒsl/
🔊/əˈpɑːsl/
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  1. Apostle
     any one of the twelve men that Christ chose to tell people about him and his teachings宗徒，使徒（耶稣十二门徒之一）
  2. apostle (of something) (formal) a person who strongly believes in a policy or an idea and tries to make other people believe in it（政策或思想的）倡导者，鼓吹者
    • an apostle of free enterprise自由企业的鼓吹者
    3. Word OriginOld English apostol, via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek apostolos ‘messenger’, from apostellein ‘send forth’.