expostulate

verb

1. 争论；争执；抗议
   to argue, disagree or protest about sth

1. VERB 争论;反驳
   If you expostulate, you express strong disagreement with someone.
   1. 'For heaven's sake!' Dot expostulated. 'They're cheap and they're useful.'...
      “拜托！”多特反驳道，“它们又便宜又管用。”
   2. For a moment I thought she was going to expostulate...
      那一刻，我以为她要提出异议。
   3. His family expostulated with him.
      家人和他意见相左。

1. 'For heaven's sake!' Dot expostulated. 'They're cheap and they're useful.'
   “拜托！”多特反驳道，“它们又便宜又管用。”
2. For a moment I thought she was going to expostulate
   那一刻，我以为她要提出异议。
3. His family expostulated with him.
   家人和他意见相左。
4. Tess did not expostulate.
   苔丝不再争辩了。
5. Didn't you ever expostulate with her on the subject?
   你不曾就这个问题忠告过她吗？
6. She expostulate with her husband about his habit of smoking in bed.
   她抗议她丈夫经常在床上抽烟。
7. One of his students expostulate with him about his examination result.
   他的一个学生与他争辩考试结果。
8. He wanted to plunge in and expostulate with her.
   他想要单刀直入，劝告她。
9. One of the parents came to the school to expostulate with the teacher about his son's examination result.
   有一个家长来学校和老师争辩他的儿子的考试成绩问题。

verb

1. reason with (somebody) for the purpose of dissuasion