expostulate / ɪkˈspɒs tʃəˌleɪt /

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expostulate 的定义

v. 无主动词 verb

ex·pos·tu·lat·ed, ex·pos·tu·lat·ing.

  1. to reason earnestly with someone against something that person intends to do or has done; remonstrate: His father expostulated with him about the evils of gambling.

expostulate 近义词

v. 动词 verb

reason with

expostulate 的近义词 5
expostulate 的反义词 1

更多expostulate例句

  1. Situated as we were, we did not feel ourselves at liberty to expostulate against the obvious unreasonableness of their demands.
  2. “Yes,” replied the seamen, unanimously; and Ready knew that it was in vain to expostulate.
  3. To expostulate with the rebellious house of Israel he was sent.
  4. And so great had been my surprise over these last acquirements of the captain that until now I had had no breath to expostulate.
  5. Let us expostulate with these learned sages, these priests of the sacred temple of justice.