Expostulated

例句:

• Sir Pitt went and expostulated with his sister-in-law upon the subject of the dismissal of Briggs and other matters of delicate family interest. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Think of the look of the thing,' expostulated Mr. Pickwick; 'have some regard to appearances. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Don't go and have all the crying to yourself,' expostulated Maggy, 'that an't not being greedy. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• That same night after Adrian's departure, her mother had warmly expostulated with her on the subject of her attachment to me. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Cinderella, dear child,' the old man expostulated, 'will you never rest? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• I expostulated with him, but in vain; neither would he so much as tell me who their new captain was. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• Come, come now, uncle, expostulated Shirley, do not begin to fret and fume, or we shall make no sense of the business. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Paul, told us he knew not what possessed us, and half expostulated. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.

校对:惠特尼