a speech or piece of writing giving advice on the correct way to behave, etc. （有关规矩等的）说教，说教作品 She delivered a homily on the virtues of family life. 她进行了一场家庭生活美德方面的说教。 🔊🔊 I don’t need a little homily from him about how to lead my life. 我不需要他关于如何过我的生活的一点笑话。
Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from ecclesiastical Latin homilia, from Greek, ‘discourse, conversation’ (in ecclesiastical use, ‘sermon’), from homilos ‘crowd’.