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单词 sermonize
释义 ser·mon·ize
\-ˌnīz\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Usage: see -ize
Etymology: sermon (I) + -ize
intransitive verb
1.
 a. : to compose, write, or deliver a sermon
  < listen attentively to the sermonizing of the bishop — H.E.Rollins >
 b. : to discourse didactically or dogmatically
  < cannot even enjoy a sunny day without sermonizingTimes Literary Supplement >
2. : to inculcate rigid rules : lecture, admonish
 < the film attempts neither to dramatize nor sermonize — Arthur Knight >
transitive verb
1. : to preach or discourse to or on : address at length in a didactic and solemn manner
 < tries to sermonize the government — Isaac Deutscher >
 < happily does not sermonize the gospel of work — Herbert Feinstein >
2. : to force or put by preaching to
 < sermonize one into energy >
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