expostulation

n. 劝告, 谏言

词形变化

expostulations 复数 expostulations

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The act of reasoning earnestly in order to dissuade or remonstrate.

    可数 不可数

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

objection remonstrance remonstration

上位词 3

communication exclaiming exclamation

词源

From Latin expostulātiōnem, accusative singular of expostulātiō (“complaint, expostulation”), from expostulō (“demand, expostulate”), from ex (“out of, from”) + postulō (“demand or claim”). See expostulate.

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