expository
发音
How to pronounce expository in British English:
英 [ɪk'spɒzətrɪ]
How to pronounce expository in American English:
美 [ɪk'spɑzətɔrɪ]
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- Adjective:
- serving to expound or set fourth
单词词源
- expository (adj.)
- 1620s, from Medieval Latin expositorius, from exposit-, past participle stem of Latin exponere "set forth" (see expound). Earlier in English as a noun meaning "an expository treatise, commentary" (early 15c.). Related: Expositorial.
双语例句
- 1. Write an expository essay explaining how to read fast .
- 2. I hated all my classes except one : an expository composition class taught by a young female professor .
- 3. The majority of sermons that you preach will be purely expository and textual .
- 4. Expository writing : exploring social and ethical issues through film and print fall .
- 5. The thought patterns in expository english texts : their application .