reverend
adjective /ˈrevərənd/
/ˈrevərənd/
[only before noun] Reverend
(abbreviation Rev.)
- the title of a member of the clergy that is also sometimes used to talk to or about one
(尊称神职人员)尊敬的,可敬的 - the Reverend Charles Dodgson
尊敬的查尔斯 · 道奇森牧师 - Good morning, Reverend.
早安,神父。
词源late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin reverendus ‘person to be revered’, gerundive of revereri from re- (expressing intensive force) + vereri ‘to fear’. - the Reverend Charles Dodgson