pulpit
noun /ˈpʊlpɪt/
/ˈpʊlpɪt/
- a small platform in a church that is like a box and is high above the ground, where a priest, etc. stands to speak to the people
（教堂中的）小讲坛 - (figurative) The policy has been widely condemned from the pulpit (= by priests and other church leaders).
这项政策曾受到牧师们的广泛谴责。 - As soon as he mounted the pulpit half of the congregation usually left the church.
他一登上讲坛，通常会有一半人离开教堂。
词源Middle English: from Latin pulpitum ‘scaffold, platform’, in medieval Latin ‘pulpit’. - (figurative) The policy has been widely condemned from the pulpit (= by priests and other church leaders).