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admonitory

/ad-mon-i-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee/US // ædˈmɒn ɪˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i //

训诫,训诫性,训诫性的,告诫

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : tending or serving to admonish; warning: an admonitory gesture.

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Examples

  • He seems implacably bespectacled—admonitory even in his flippant asides.

  • When we were mounted Mac leaned over and muttered an admonitory word for Piegan's ear alone.

  • To this it may be answered that punishment for crime is not intended to be retaliatory, but admonitory and deterrent.

  • It was not in human nature to refrain from giving the little savage an admonitory shake.

  • When she took her children to pieces before their faces, she was sharp and admonitory enough with them.

  • The language of the dying woman was kind and free from reproach, but it was solemn and admonitory.