bishop

bishop — 名詞

1. a senior Christian minister who oversees the churches and clergy across a city,

1.名詞B2
釋義

主教

管理某地區教會與神父的高階神職人員

a senior Christian minister who oversees the churches and clergy across a city, region, or diocese, and who can ordain new priests.

例句

The bishop of Canterbury visited our small village church last Sunday morning.

坎特伯里的主教上週日早上來到我們的小村教堂。

the bishop of [place]

Bishop Garcia ordained six new priests at the cathedral in Manila yesterday.

Garcia 主教昨天在馬尼拉的大教堂為六位新神父舉行授任儀式。

Bishop + [Name] as title before a person's name

同義詞
  • prelate

    formal term for any high-ranking Christian minister

  • archbishop

    a bishop of even higher rank, in charge of other bishops

文法句型

the bishop of [place]

Bishop [Name]

用法筆記

Capitalised as a title before a name (Bishop Tutu) but lowercase as a common noun (the bishop spoke). Subject is usually a man, though some Protestant churches now ordain women bishops.

常見錯誤

❌A bishop teaches a single church on Sunday.
✅A bishop oversees many churches in a region.
💡a bishop is senior to a parish priest and supervises many churches, not one.
❌I met bishop Tutu in Cape Town.
✅I met Bishop Tutu in Cape Town.
💡capitalise Bishop when used as a title before a name.

2. in chess, one of two tall pieces on each side, shaped like a pointed church hat,

2.名詞B2
釋義

主教

西洋棋中沿同色斜線移動的主教棋子

in chess, one of two tall pieces on each side, shaped like a pointed church hat, that travels diagonally across squares of one colour for as far as the path is clear.

例句

Bram slid her white bishop across the board and captured Daniel's queen in one move.

Bram 把她的白主教滑過棋盤，一步就吃掉了 Daniel 的皇后。

subject + bishop captures + [piece]

In chess, the bishop can only move along squares of the same colour.

在西洋棋裡，主教只能沿著同色的格子移動。

the bishop moves diagonally on one colour

同義詞

文法句型

move the bishop

the bishop takes [piece]

用法筆記

Each player begins with two bishops, one on a light square and one on a dark square; each stays on its starting colour for the whole game. Often paired with 'knight' when discussing trades of equal-value pieces.

常見錯誤

❌I moved my bishop straight forward to take the pawn.
✅I moved my bishop diagonally to take the pawn.
💡bishops only travel diagonally, never in straight lines.
❌Her bishop jumped over the knight.
✅Her knight jumped over the bishop.
💡bishops cannot jump pieces; only knights can.