expostulated

英 [ɪkˈspɒstʃuleɪtɪd] 美 [ɪkˈspɑːstʃuleɪtɪd]

v.  争论; 争执; 抗议
expostulate的过去分词和过去式

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  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。
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双语例句

  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. His family expostulated with him.
    家人和他意见相左。
  3. She expostulated with her husband on his habit of smoking in bed.
    她劝戒丈夫改掉在床上吸烟的习惯。
  4. Her mother expostulated. 'You will never set out to see your folks without dressing up more the dand than that?
    她的母亲劝她说：你出门去走亲戚，从来都不会比你身上那套衣服穿得漂亮些吗？
  5. 'Don't ye be nervous, my dear good soul,' expostulated, between his coughs, a young man with a wet face, and his straw hat so far back upon his head that the brim encircled it like the nimbus of a saint.
    不要紧张，我亲爱的好姑娘，一个满脸汗水的年轻男子一边咳嗽一边劝她说，他把草帽扣在后脑勺上，围绕脑袋的帽沿就像是圣灵头上的光环。你着什么急呀？
  6. The father expostulated with his son about the foolishness of leaving school.
    那父亲就他孩子辍学的愚蠢行为忠告了他。
  7. I suffered her to enjoy it a while; then I expostulated: deriding and ridiculing all Mr Heathcliff's assertions about his son, as if I were certain she would coincide.
    我让她自我享受了一阵，然后就去规劝她了：对于希刺克厉夫所说的关于他儿子的一切我尽情地嘲笑了一番，好像我肯定她也会赞同的。
  8. "But, my dear sir," expostulated the author," does he sign them with his feet?"
    “但亲爱的先生，”欧亨利规劝道，“难道他是用脚来签支票的吗？”
  9. She expostulated with her husband about the evils of gambling.
    她就赌博的害处规劝丈夫。
  10. They expostulated with him about the risks involved in his plan.
    他们指出他的计划有风险，劝他放弃。
  11. He expostulated with me on my rashness.
    他劝诫我别鲁莽。
  12. Walter expostulated with the waiter about the size of the bill.
    沃尔特向侍者抱怨账单的数目太大。
  13. I expostulated and desired that he should have his in a mug; affirming that I could not taste the liquid treated so dirtily.
    我忠告他，希望他用个杯子喝他的牛奶；我肯定说我没法尝搞得这么脏的牛奶。
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