pastoral
adj
1 relatingto or portraying country life, the countryside or shepherds, esp in an idealized way 鄉(xiāng)村生活的, 田園風(fēng)光的, 牧人的, 田園式的(尤指理想化描述的)
a pastoral scene, poem, painting 田園風(fēng)光、 詩(shī)、 畫(huà)
pastoral poetry/verse 田園詩(shī)
Beethoven's `Pastoral' Symphony 貝多芬的《田園交響曲》.
2 (of land) used for pasture; grassy (指土地)供放牧的, 長(zhǎng)滿(mǎn)草的.
3 of or relating to a clergyman or his work (esp the spiritual guidance he gives to his congregation) 牧師的, 牧師工作的(尤指對(duì)會(huì)眾心靈上的指引)
pastoral care, duties, responsibilities, etc 牧師對(duì)會(huì)眾的關(guān)顧、 職責(zé)、 責(zé)任等. pastoral, n
1 pastoral(1) poem, picture, etc 田園詩(shī)、 畫(huà)等.
2 (also pastoral `letter) letter from a clergyman to his congregation, esp one from a bishop to the members of his diocese 教牧?xí)? (尤指)主教教書(shū)(牧師或主教給會(huì)眾或神職人員的公開(kāi)信); 牧函.