1·The elders, the deacons, the motherly dames, and the young and fair maidens, of Mr. Dimmesdale's flock, were alike importunate that he should make trial of the physician's frankly offered skill.
丁梅斯代尔先生教团中的长老、执事、修女，以及年轻貌美的少女们都众口一词地再三要求他对医生自告奋勇的治疗不妨一试。
2·We saw presbyters and deacons,and bishops in a certain sense, in the Pastoral Epistles,but they weren't carefully formed into a three-tiered institution of offices.
《教牧书信》上就看到有长老，执事，主教，但这三个职位在那本书里还没形成,清晰的三层等级结构。
3·I could not tell, but I knew that sometimes deacons from the church had visited, but as far as I knew the subject of Maria's sickness was never touched.
我说不出来，但我知道有时有教会的执事去看她，但就我所知，从没讲过有关Maria病情的事。
4·The women in 3:11--some exegetes would say this shows that this author does allow at least women to be deacons,deaconesses, and they have certain kinds of roles.
3：11中的女人，有解释认为这表明,作者允许女人担任执事，她们担任一定的角色。
5·His father and grandfather were deacons in the Church.
他的父亲和祖父都在教堂执事。