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admonition

/ad-muh-nish-uhn/US // ˌæd məˈnɪʃ ən //

训诫,告诫,劝诫,谏言

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an act of admonishing.
    • : counsel, advice, or caution.
    • : a gentle reproof.
    • : a warning or reproof given by an ecclesiastical authority.

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Examples

  • His supporters hosted a men-only fundraiser with this admonition on the invitation: “Tell the misses not to wait up.”

  • It will be interesting to see how that admonition plays with the die-hards.

  • That Soundos survived, and with a bullet in her head, seems to many an act of God, and an admonition.

  • At first, Wilson took seriously his admonition to Americans to “be impartial in thought, as well as action.”

  • Kelly's admonition of the film through an aide‚ years after the fact, doesn't go down well.

  • The more he thought of the Jews admonition, the more he was at a loss to divine its real purpose and meaning.

  • The prophet's admonition to the Jews in Egypt against idolatry is not regarded: he denounces to them their destruction.

  • In the background is seen the profile of his wife, as though uttering her solemn admonition against the impending crime.

  • He will travel but few miles from Calais, before he will understand the necessity of this admonition.

  • "Och, there's nae harm meant," returned Annie, taken aback by the old woman's admonition.