sermon
/ˈsɜːmən/noun
1- a talk on a religious or moral subject, especially one given during a church service and based on a passage from the Bible布道; 讲道。
1.1
- a printed transcript of such a talk印刷的布道稿本：
a volume of sermons.
一卷布道书。
1.2
- informal a long or tedious piece of admonition or reproof; a lecture〈非正式〉说教; 训诫。
派生词
sermonic
adjective词源
Middle English （also in the sense 'speech, discourse'）： from Old French, from Latin sermo（n-） 'discourse, talk'.