sermonize

英 [ˈsɜːmənaɪz] 美 [ˈsɜːrmənaɪz]

v.  (尤指让人厌烦地)说教,教训

现在分词:sermonizing过去分词:sermonized过去式:sermonized第三人称单数:sermonizes

GRE

COCA.38275



牛津词典

verb

  1. (尤指让人厌烦地)说教,教训
    to give moral advice, especially when it is boring or not wanted

    双语例句

    1. The film attempts neither to dramatize nor sermonize.
      这部电影既不企图使用戏剧化的手法也不企图进行说教。
    2. Making fun is their unique purpose, does not for sermonize not to have purpose even. Comedy is just fun.
      搞笑是他们唯一的目的,没有说教甚至没有目的,喜剧就是逗人笑,这反映出时代精神变异的取向。

    英英释义

    verb

    1. speak as if delivering a sermon
      1. This man always sermonizes

      Synonym:    sermonisepreachifymoralizemoralise