expostulate

美 [ɪkˈspɑːstʃuleɪt]英 [ɪkˈspɒstʃuleɪt]
  • v.争辩;抗议;争论;争执

派生词: expostulation n. 过去式: expostulated 现在分词: expostulating 过去分词: expostulated 第三人称单数: expostulates

expostulateexpostulate

verb

V V speech争论;争执;抗议
to argue, disagree or protest about sth

expostulate

频次

  • 1
    VERB 争论;反驳
    If you expostulate, you express strong disagreement with someone.

    'For heaven's sake!' Dot expostulated. 'They're cheap and they're useful.'...

    “拜托!”多特反驳道,“它们又便宜又管用。”

verb

1
reason with (somebody) for the purpose of dissuasion

数据来源:WordNet

  1. One of his students expostulate with him about his examination result .

    他的一个学生与他争辩考试结果。

  2. One of the parents came to the school to expostulate with the teacher about his son 's examination result .

    有一个家长来学校和老师争辩他的儿子的考试成绩问题。

  3. For a moment I thought she was going to expostulate

    那一刻,我以为她要提出异议。

  4. His family expostulated with him .

    家人和他意见相左。

  5. ' For heaven 's sake ! ' Dot expostulated . ' They 're cheap and they 're useful . '

    “拜托!”多特反驳道,“它们又便宜又管用。”

  6. She expostulated with her husband on his habit of smoking in bed .

    她劝戒丈夫改掉在床上吸烟的习惯。

  7. They expostulated with him about the risks involved in his plan .

    他们指出他的计划有风险,劝他放弃。

  8. Didn 't you ever expostulate with her on the subject ?

    你不曾就这个问题忠告过她吗?

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

    那父亲就他孩子辍学的愚蠢行为忠告了他。

  10. The fifth expostulates : why get all worked up ?

    第五个人说:何必那么激动!

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

    她抗议她丈夫经常在床上抽烟。

  12. Walter expostulated with the waiter about the size of the bill .

    沃尔特向侍者抱怨账单的数目太大。

  13. But the others turned on him , expostulating .

    可是其他两个人都针对着他进行劝导了。

  14. " But , my dear sir ," expostulated the author ," does he sign them with his feet ?"

    “但亲爱的先生,”欧亨利规劝道,“难道他是用脚来签支票的吗?”

  15. She expostulated with her husband about the evils of gambling .

    她就赌博的害处规劝丈夫。

  16. He wanted to plunge in and expostulate with her .

    他想要单刀直入,劝告她。

  17. I expostulated and desired that he should have his in a mug ; affirming that I could not taste the liquid treated so dirtily .

    我忠告他,希望他用个杯子喝他的牛奶;我肯定说我没法尝搞得这么脏的牛奶。

  18. Amused yet vexed , Nanny Li expostulated , " Really , every word Miss Lin says cuts sharper than a knife . How can you suggest such a thing ? "

    李嬷嬷听了,又是急,又是笑,说道:“真真这林姑娘,说出一句话来,比刀子还尖。你这算了什么呢!”

  19. Tess did not expostulate .

    苔丝不再争辩了。

  20. He expostulated with me on my rashness .

    他劝诫我别鲁莽。

  21. I suffered her to enjoy it a while ; then I expostulated : deriding and ridiculing all Mr Heathcliff 's assertions about his son , as if I were certain she would coincide .

    我让她自我享受了一阵,然后就去规劝她了:对于希刺克厉夫所说的关于他儿子的一切我尽情地嘲笑了一番,好像我肯定她也会赞同的。

  22. ' Don 't ye be nervous , my dear good soul , ' expostulated , between his coughs , a young man with a wet face , and his straw hat so far back upon his head that the brim encircled it like the nimbus of a saint .

    不要紧张,我亲爱的好姑娘,一个满脸汗水的年轻男子一边咳嗽一边劝她说,他把草帽扣在后脑勺上,围绕脑袋的帽沿就像是圣灵头上的光环。你着什么急呀?