relating to the work of a priest or teacher in giving help and advice on personal matters, not just those connected with religion or education 牧灵的，牧师的，教牧的（有关圣职人员及教师对个人幸福的关顾） pastoral care 牧师对教友的关怀 the church’s pastoral ministry in the inner cities. 内城教会的牧师。
showing country life or the countryside, especially in a romantic way 田园的；乡村生活的；村野风情的 a pastoral scene/poem/symphony 田园风光／诗／交响乐
relating to the farming of animals 畜牧的 agricultural and pastoral practices 农牧业活动
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin pastoralis ‘relating to a shepherd’, from pastor ‘shepherd’, from past- ‘fed, grazed’, from the verb pascere.