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exhortation

/eg-zawr-tey-shuhn, ek-sawr-/US // ˌɛg zɔrˈteɪ ʃən, ˌɛk sɔr- //UK // (ˌɛɡzɔːˈteɪʃən) //

劝告,劝说,劝诫,劝告语

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act or process of exhorting.
    • : an utterance, discourse, or address conveying urgent advice or recommendations.

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Examples

  • Equal measure historical exploration, methodological experimentation and moral exhortation, Miles calls her work a “meditation” rather than a monograph.

  • Creighton Coach Greg McDermott’s “I need everyone to stay on the plantation” exhortation to his players has cost the school one of its top recruits.

  • All that would be tragic enough, but the tragedy is compounded by Bolsonaro’s consistent minimizing of Covid-19 and past exhortations that the Brazilian people “stop whining.”

  • The worker, who audits machinery at the warehouse to make sure it functions properly, says Amazon sends her multiple text messages a day, with exhortations to work with management.

  • When he posted a one-word message, “Inside,” he received exhortations and directions describing tunnels, doors and hallways, the FBI said.

  • If he thinks that he can get a deal he likes, I'd expect to see a c'mon-guys-we-can-do-this conciliatory exhortation.

  • One of the harmful clichés of modern life is the exhortation to be nonjudgmental.

  • You would never imagine for a moment you were listening to a fire- and-brimstone orthodox Muslim exhortation.

  • Let me also say this:  The promotion of human rights cannot be about exhortation alone.

  • The only forces appealed to were the fear of punishment and a modicum of religious exhortation.

  • In the mean time, his companions at the stake urged every promise and exhortation to support him.

  • His exhortation had a powerful effect, for priests refused to confess men who joined the rebels.

  • That a special exhortation should be given to those of tenderer years had been deliberately resolved upon.

  • After that what was called spiritual teaching was adopted, but that soon degenerated into mere exhortation.