sermonize

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To speak in the manner of a sermon; to preach; to propagate one's morality or opinions with speech. intransitive
    — And doe not our Prelates thus, when […] they disgrace and traduce Preaching, calling it in scorne, Sermonizing?
  2. To preach a sermon to (somebody); to give (somebody) instruction or admonishment on the basis of one's morality or opinions. transitive
    — He wishes, I suppose, to sermonize me: but I shall not give him an opportunity—
  3. To say in the manner of a sermon or lecture. transitive
    — “Children, children! Woe, how you do sin!” Mrs. Kavarsky sermonized. “Come now, obey an older person […]”
  4. To inculcate rigid rules. intransitive
    — If you consider my letters in their true light as conveying to you the advice of a Friend, who sincerely wishes you happiness, and desires to promote your pleasures, you will both read and attend them; but, if you consider them in their opposite, and very false light, as the dictates of a morose and sermonizing Father, I am sure they will be not only unattended to, but unread.

词形变化

sermonizes present,singular,third-person sermonizing participle,present sermonized participle,past sermonized past sermonise alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
sermonizer

词源

Etymology tree
English sermon
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.
Late Latin -izōder.
Middle French -iserbor.
Middle English -isen
English -ize
English sermonize
From sermon + -ize.
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