pulpit
n
1 [C] (usu small) raised and enclosed platform in a church, where a clergyman stands when he is preaching (教堂中的)讲坛(通常指小型的). =>illus at App 1 见附录1插图, page viii.
2 the pulpit [sing]
(fml 文) (religious teaching of) the clergy 神职人员(的讲道)
The policy was condemned (ie by clergymen) from the pulpit. 该项政策受到神职人员的谴责.
Before she had anchored, the men from the boats had climbed on board and the decks were son covered with colourful rugs from Persia, silks from India, copper coffee pots, and beautiful handmade silverware.