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remonstrance

/ri-mon-struhns/US // rɪˈmɒn strəns //UK // (rɪˈmɒnstrəns) //

谏言,针砭时弊,诤言,诤友

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an act or instance of remonstrating.
    • : a protest: deaf to remonstrances.

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Examples

  • Instead of obeying, the officers and men held a mass meeting to draft their remonstrance to the Directory.

  • After an hour's insane remonstrance, he gave in to his own alarm, rather than to the persuasion of his partner.

  • It is said, perhaps untruly, that his remonstrance to the Prince against his remaining here has been ungentlemanlike and indecent.

  • Mrs. Lawton, unaccustomed to any remonstrance from her bondwoman, seized a switch and shook it threateningly.

  • The baron grumbled some remonstrance not heard by Gilbert, but the lackey mounted beside the driver.