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单词 catechize
释义
cat·e·chize (kătĭ-kīz)
tr.v. cat·e·chized, cat·e·chiz·ing, cat·e·chiz·es
1. To teach the principles of Christian dogma, discipline, and ethics by means of questions and answers.
2. To question or examine closely or methodically: "Boswell was eternally catechizing him on all kinds of subjects" (Thomas Macaulay).

[Middle English catecizen, from Old French catechiser, from Medieval Latin catēchizāre, from Late Greek katēkhizein, from Greek katēkhein : kata-, down, off, out; see CATA- + ēkhein, to sound (from ēkhē, sound).]

cate·chi·zation (-kĭ-zāshən) n.
cate·chizer n.
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