Expostulation
[ɪk,spɑstʃə'leʃən]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) an exclamation of protest or remonstrance or reproof.
(noun.) the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest.
手打:纳塔利--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The act of expostulating or reasoning with a person in opposition to some impropriety of conduct; remonstrance; earnest and kindly protest; dissuasion.
校對:玛吉
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Remonstrance.
錄入:帕特里斯
娱乐性解釋/意思：
n. One of the many methods by which fools prefer to lose their friends.
乔安娜錄入
例句/造句/用法:
- He saw that she would take no further heed of his expostulation, so he began to pour the tea. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- There was some expostulation, some tittering. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- He was moving towards her to change places, but her terrified expostulation stopped him and he resumed his seat. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Miss Bingley warmly resented the indignity he had received, in an expostulation with her brother for talking such nonsense. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- In his expostulation he dropped his cleaner hand (perhaps accidentally, perhaps not) upon the joker's heart. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- It will cost me several cups of tea, some toast and cake, and an ample measure of remonstrances, expostulations, and persuasions. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- He has been most kind; he has used arguments and expostulations, all in vain--in vain. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- Lily continued to meet his expostulations with a smile. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- But his wife's expostulations awoke his half-slumbering regrets; and Tom's manly disinterestedness increased the unpleasantness of his feelings. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
手打:肖恩