expostulation
英 [ɪkˌspɒstʃʊ'leɪʃn] 美 [ɪkˌspɒstʃʊ'leɪʃn]

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

1. 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