sermon
n
1
(a) talk on a moral or religious subject, usu given by a clergyman from the pulpit during a religious service 讲道(通常指教士在讲坛上做出的).
(b) such a talk in printed form (印刷的)讲道文章
a book of sermons 讲道集.
2 (fig infml 比喻, 口) long talk about moral matters or about sb's faults, etc (对某人的错误等的)一大通教训
We had to listen to a long sermon about not wasting money. 我们硬著头皮听了一通别浪费钱的大道理.
Half an hour later, another man struck a match for a cigarette and this time the whole of the inside of the ship caught fire.
半小时后,又一个工人擦亮火柴想点支香烟,这下整个船舱都起了火。
At the time of his death, one person praised him as follows: Future generations, it may be, will hardly believe that such a person as this walked upon this earth.