expostulation
n. 劝告
n.
规劝，告诫；
英英释义
expostulation[ ik,spɔstju'leiʃən ]
n.
the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest
同义词：remonstranceremonstrationobjection
an exclamation of protest or remonstrance or reproof
双语例句
My expostulation(s) had no effect.
我提出的劝告毫无作用。
权威例句
'EXPOSTULATION''EXPOSTULATION'
Some Questions and Suggestions: An Expostulation
Controversy on the Correctitude and Furor of FengYa and the Analysis of Chen Zilong' Resentment and Expostulation Poetry
On the Magic Number 500: An Expostulation
Ad Erasmi Roterodami expostulationem responsio accurata et paraenetica
Dewey's Naturalistic Metaphysics: Expostulations and Replies
A letter addressed to His Grace the Duke of Norfolk: on occasion of Mr. Gladstone's recent expostulation
The Three Degradations Caused by His Expostulation Drove His Pen to His Anger,While His Poems That Amount to a Thousand Almost Made ...
Shijing and the Expostulation Culture of Pre-Qin and Han Dynasty
expostulation (n.)
1580s, "action of remonstrating in a friendly manner;" 1590s, "argumentative protest," from Latin expostulationem (nominative expostulatio) "a pressing demand, complaint," noun of action from past participle stem of expostulare "demand urgently" (see expostulate).
1. My expostulation ( s ) had no effect.
我提出的劝告毫无作用。
youdao
2. Why have not I the riches, the rank, the power, of such and such, is the common expostulation with fortune;
人们常常会对命运发出诘难：为什么我没有财富，爵位，权力，诸如此类的东西；
youdao
3. Miss Bingley warmly resented the indignity he had received, in an expostulation with her brother for talking such nonsense.
彬格莱小姐看见人家拿他开玩笑，很是生气，便怪她的哥哥干吗要谈这样没意思的话。
youdao
4. In composition, they imitate the "Expostulation" tradition of the author of "the Book of Songs" and express satire in poetry.
在创作上，仿照《诗经》作者“大谏”的传统，在诗歌中寄寓讽谏之义。
youdao
5. But to no one would she grant her confidence, answering all taunts with bitter sarcasm, and all serious expostulation with sullen denial, or with floods of tears.
可是她对谁都不吐露真情，她用辛辣的讽刺回击一切嘲弄；而对认真的规劝，不是矢口否认就是泪如泉涌。
youdao
6. But to no one would she grant her confidence, answering all taunts with bitter sarcasm, and all serious expostulation with sullen denial, or with floods of tears.
可是她对谁都不吐露真情，她用辛辣的讽刺回击一切嘲弄；而对认真的规劝，不是矢口否认就是泪如泉涌。
youdao
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