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exhortation是什么意思

exhortation

英 [egzɔː'teɪʃ(ə)n] 美 [,ɛgzɔr'teʃən]
  • n. 讲道词,训词;劝告

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1. ex- "thoroughly" + hort- "encourage, urge" + -ation.
2. => exhort, encourage.

英文词源


exhortation (n.)
late 14c., from Old French exhortacion and directly from Latin exhortationem (nominative exhortatio) "an exhortation, encouragement," noun of action from past participle stem of exhortari "to exhort, encourage," from ex- "thoroughly" (see ex-) + hortari "encourage, urge" (see hortatory). From early 15c. as "speech for the purpose of exhortation."

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