expostulate

[美國]/ɪkˈspɒstʃuleɪt/
[英國]/ɪkˈspɑːstʃuleɪt/
詞頻: 非常高

中文釋義

vi. 告誡,規勸
n. 規勸;告誡
Word Forms
過去式expostulated
第三人稱單數expostulates
過去分詞expostulated
現在分詞expostulating
複數expostulates

短語搭配

expostulate vehemently

強烈抗議

expostulate with someone

責備某人

例句

expostulate with sb. about sth.

爲了某事勸戒某人

Didn’t I ever expostulate with you on the subject?

我不曾就這問題忠告過你嗎?

They expostulate with him about the risk involve in his plan.

他們指出他的計劃有風險,勸他放棄。

She expostulate with her husband about his habit of smoking in bed.

她抗議她丈夫經常在牀上抽菸。

The father expostulate with his son about the foolishness of leaving school.

父親就他孩子輟學的愚蠢行爲對他進行規勸。

Her parents expostulated with her on the foolhardiness of her behavior. See also Synonyms at intention

她的父親勸告她行爲舉止不要那麼魯莽 參見同義詞 intention

原聲例句

'It is not on that account, indeed, ' Elfride expostulated.

“確實不是因爲這個原因, ” Elfride 告誡說。

來源: A pair of blue eyes (Part 1)

" Now, now" ! Mrs. Adams interrupted, expostulating mournfully.

“現在,現在” ! 亞當斯夫人打斷了他的話, 悲哀地勸告道。

來源: Lonely Heart (Part 2)

Pray leave me, Mrs. Jethway'. The girl only expostulated now.

請離開我,Jethway 夫人。 少女這才勸道。

來源: A pair of blue eyes (Part 2)

Sometimes, when the day was very unfavourable, his sisters would expostulate.

有時,當天氣非常不利時,他的姐妹們會勸告他。

來源: Jane Eyre (Original Version)

" No, no-don't say I should change" ! he expostulated; yet there was misgiving in his own voice also.

“不不不——別說我要改” !他告誡說; 然而他自己的聲音中也有疑慮。

來源: The Unnamed Jude (Middle)

" But you must have known, " I expostulated. " You were taken up to see her this afternoon" .

“但你一定知道, ” 我勸告道。“你今天下午被帶去見她” 。

來源: Murder at the golf course

I expostulated with him, but in vain; neither would he so much as tell me who their new captain was.

我規勸他,但徒勞無功;他也不願告訴我他們的新隊長是誰。

來源: Gulliver's Travels (Original Version)

He might have been a doctor summoning the next patient from the waiting-room, a hysterical patient who had been expostulating feebly with a nurse.

他可能是一位醫生, 正在從候診室召喚下一位病人, 一位歇斯底里的病人, 一直在無力地勸說護士。

來源: Casino Royale of the 007 series

But even before these sounds arose, the ladies looked at one another stunned. For the drunken voices expostulating with Rhett were those of Ashley and Hugh Elsing.

在這之前,屋裏的幾個女人已經嚇得面面相覷,因爲她們都聽出來了,和瑞德爭論的那兩個醉漢就是艾希禮和休·埃爾辛。

來源: Gone with the Wind

" But she's such a sweet woman, " Mrs. Bradley expostulated, as though it were very hoity-toity of me not to know that royal personage.

“但她是一個如此可愛的女人, ” 布拉德利夫人勸告說, 好像我不認識那個皇室人物是非常誠實的。

來源: Blade (Part 1)

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