| 词汇 | expostulate |
| 释义 | expostulateWord family nounexpostulationexpostulatorverbexpostulate ex·pos·tu·late /ɪkˈspɒstʃəleɪt $ -ˈspɑː-/ verb [intransitiveI] formal EXPRESSto express strong disapproval, disagreement, or annoyance with someone 反对；争论；反驳 —expostulation /ɪkˌspɒstʃəˈleɪʃən $ -ˌspɑː-/ noun [countableC, uncountableU] Examples from the Corpus expostulate• Breeze looked up, meaning to expostulate, but was silenced by what she saw in her sister's face.• Now and again one would try to expostulate with the man in white but it was no good; nobody was listening. (1500-1600) Latin past participle of expostulare, from postulare “to ask for” |
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