sermon

• n. 布道；训诫；启示；冗长的讲话
• vt. 对…布道；对…说教
• vi. 布道
• n. (Sermon)人名；(英)瑟蒙；(意)塞尔蒙

来自拉丁语 sermonem,说话，谈话，讨论，演说，字面意思即把字词组合在一起，来自 PIE*ser, 连接，排列，词源同 serial,series,sort.-mon,名词后缀。现词义缩写自 sermo religiosus,说道， 布教，字面意思即 religious sermon,宗教演说，宗教讲演。

1. an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service)

2. a moralistic rebuke;

"your preaching is wasted on him"

sermon

sermon: [12] Latin sermō meant simply ‘talk, conversation, discourse’, but by the time it reached English via Anglo-Norman sermun it had narrowed down to an ‘address given from a pulpit on a religious topic’. It is not clear what its ultimate ancestry is, but probably the favourite candidate as its source is the Indo-European base *swer-, *swar-, which gave English answer and swear.

sermon (n.)

c. 1200, sarmun, "a discourse upon a text of scripture; what is preached," from Anglo-French sermun, Old French sermon "speech, words, discourse; church sermon, homily" (10c.), from Latin sermonem (nominative sermo) "continued speech, conversation; common talk, rumor; learned talk, discourse; manner of speaking, literary style," originally "a stringing together of words," from PIE *ser-mo-, suffixed form of root *ser- (3) "to line up, join" (see series).

Main modern sense in English and French is elliptical for Latin sermo religiosus. In transferred (non-religious) use from 1590s. The Sermon on the Mount is in 5,6,7 Matt. and 6 Luke. Related: Sermonic; sermonical; sermonish.

Buddhist priests offer a short sermon and recite prayers of blessing.

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At High Mass the priest preached a sermon on the devil.

牧师在大弥撒上布道驱邪。

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Sometimes the rector came up and preached a sermon.

有时候教区牧师来布道.

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The minister preaches a sermon now and then.

牧师不时地讲道.

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Don't preach me a sermon, please.

请不要对我讲大道理.

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12 A good example is the best sermon.

12身教重于言教.

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The guardian read his ward a sermon on his extravagance.

监护人严词申斥被监护人挥霍浪费.

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The priest preached to the congregation about the Sermon on the Mount.

那位祭司就山中圣训向会众说教.

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The priest preached a sermon with a trait of humor.

那位神父讲道有幽默感.

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It is easier than the practice to deliver a sermon.

说教比实践更容易.

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He was preaching me sermon about giving up smoking to his son.

他正在对他的儿子讲有关戒烟的大道理.

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Yet courage and pride are - we learn in the same sermon - fine qualities.

可是在同一篇讲道里告诉我们,勇气和骄傲,都是美德.

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It is a silly goose that comes to the fox's sermon.

唯有傻瓜才来听狐狸的说教.

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Don't preach me a sermon about being lazy now, please.

请勿现在对我讲有关懒惰的大道理.

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The preacher blessed the congregation after his sermon.

牧师在讲道后祝福会众.

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The minister preached a sermon on humility.

牧师就谦恭的问题布道.

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