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reproof

/ri-proof/US // rɪˈpruf //UK // (rɪˈpruːf) //

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Related Words

criticism批评,批语,批判,批评声blame责备,指责,责怪,归咎于disapprobation不赞同,不赞成,不认可,不认同objection反对,反对意见,意见,反对声disapproval不赞成,不赞同,不认可,不认同admonition训诫,告诫,劝诫,谏言rebuke训斥,申斥,谴责,训斥一下reprimand斥责,训斥,斥责责备,谴责reproach责备,责难,责备声,责怪chiding搅拌器,搅拌,搅拌车,指导意见

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of reproving, censuring, or rebuking.
    • : an expression of censure or rebuke.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nouncensure
Synonyms
blame责备,指责,责怪,归咎于criticism批评,批语,批判,批评声disapprobation不赞同,不赞成,不认可,不认同disapproval不赞成,不赞同,不认可,不认同objection反对,反对意见,意见,反对声
nounan oral or written statement intended to censure
Synonyms
admonition训诫,告诫,劝诫,谏言blame责备,指责,责怪,归咎于chiding搅拌器,搅拌,搅拌车,指导意见rebuke训斥,申斥,谴责,训斥一下reprimand斥责,训斥,斥责责备,谴责reproach责备,责难,责备声,责怪

Examples

  • Instead of the Clintonian chuckle of disbelief we got the sour grimace of silent reproof.

  • It was a reproof, from the young woman who always so thoughtfully studied the feelings of everybody.

  • But even such reproof may be carried too far as on one occasion I found to my dismay.

  • Perhaps some sense of shame was stirring within him, for no reproof rose to his trembling, bibulous lips.

  • Its truths, so simple and yet so grand, were at once a guide and a reproof to keep her feet from straying from the narrow way.

  • Weston recognized the reproof in this, and stood silent a moment or two until she spoke again.

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