2012_03_26 Catechize v. 追問。To question closely.

Word of the Day for Monday, March 26, 2012
catechize \KAT-i-kahyz\, verb:
1. To question closely.
2. To instruct orally by means of questions and answers, especially in Christian doctrine.
3. To question with reference to belief.
He sent her off when the dial made it five o'clock every fourth Sunday—for we had service only once a month, the parson having a church at Brampton, where he lived, and another as well, which made it the more wicked of us to play truant—but whether she got there early or late, or got there at all, he'd never ask, let alone catechize her about the sermon.
 -- Mary Webb, Precious Bane
Aunt Bessie tried to catechize her about Erik's disappearance, and it was Kennicott who silenced the woman…
 -- Sinclair Lewis, Main Street
Catechize stems from the Greek word katēchízein meaning "to teach orally." It was first used in the sense of "to question" by Shakespeare in Othello.

邂逅; Encounter; 遭遇
1。追問。
2。口頭指示的問題和答案，尤其是在基督教的教義。
3。懷疑與信仰。

他送給她時錶盤，五點鐘每第四個星期日為我們服務，每月只有一次，牧師在教堂Brampton的，他住的地方，另一個，這使得它更邪惡我們逃學，但她是否到了那裡早或遲，或到了那裡所有，他從來不問，更不用說catechize她講道。
- 瑪麗·韋布，珍貴的詛咒

貝西姨媽試圖，catechize Erik的失踪她，這是的肯尼科特誰沉默女人......
- 辛克萊·劉易斯，大街

catechize源於“。口頭傳授”從希臘字katēchízein的意義這是第一次使用在“質疑”的意識，莎士比亞在“奧賽羅”。