expostulated
v. 告誡,規勸( expostulate的過去式和過去分詞 )
If you expostulate, you express strong disagreement with someone.
'For heaven's sake!' Dot expostulated. 'They're cheap and they're useful.'...
“拜託!”多特反駁道,“它們又便宜又管用。”
For a moment I thought she was going to expostulate...
那一刻,我以為她要提出異議。
"For heaven's sake!" Dot expostulated. "They're cheap and they're useful."
“拜託!”多特反駁道,“它們又便宜又管用。”
His family expostulated with him.
家人和他意見相左。
He expostulated with me on my rashness.
他勸誡我別魯莽.
I expostulated with him with all the energy of which I was master.
我費了九牛二虎之力勸誡他.