Expostulate
[ [ik'spɔstʃuleit] ]
出国 Abroad
vi. 劝诫, 告诫；忠告
📝 例句
The father expostulate with his son about the foolishness of leaving school.
父亲就他孩子辍学的愚蠢行为对他进行规劝。
Workers went to the office to expostulate with the boss about their pay
工人们到办公室就工资问题与老板进行争辩。
He wanted to plunge in and expostulate with her.
他想要单刀直入，劝告她。
They expostulate with him about the risk involve in his plan.
他们指出他的计划有风险，劝他放弃。
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。
📖 牛津释义
expostulate
v[I, Ipr]
~ (with sb) (on/about sth) (fml 文) make a protest (to sb); reason or argue (with sb), esp to persuade him not to do sth （向某人）提抗议; （与某人）讲道理或争论; （尤指）规劝, 劝戒
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.
🗣️ 情景例句
She exchanged a few words with the foreigner.
她和那个外国人交谈了几句。
The proud man felt humbled by Karl's kindness.
那个傲慢的男人为卡尔的和蔼亲切而自惭形愧。
It was so heavy that a crane had to be used to remove it from the lorry.
饼干份量太重了，用了一台起重机才把它从卡车上卸下。