expostulate

vi. 劝诫, 告诫；忠告

发音

UK /ɛksˈpɒstjʊleɪt/
US /ɛksˈpɑstjʊleɪt/

词形变化

expostulated expostulates 三单 expostulates expostulateth expostulating expostulating 现在分词 expostulated 过去式 expostulated 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To protest or remonstrate; to reason earnestly with a person on some impropriety of conduct [(often) with with].

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词汇关系

动词

上位词 2

reason argue

词源

From Latin expostulō (“demand, claim”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, ex- + postulate.

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