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ad·mon·ish AHD[ăd-mŏnʹĭsh] D.J.[ædˈmɒnɪʃ]K.K.[ædˈmɑnɪʃ]v.tr.(及物动词)ad.mon.ished, ad.mon.ish.ing, ad.mon.ish.es - To reprove gently but earnestly.轻责,告诫:温和但诚挚地责备
- To counsel (another) against something to be avoided; caution.警告某人:劝告(他人)不要做应避免的事;警告
- To remind of something forgotten or disregarded, as an obligation or a responsibility.提醒,敦促:使想到忘却的或忽视的事,如义务或责任
- Middle English amonishen, admonishen 中古英语 amonishen, admonishen
- alteration of amonesten amonesten的变化
- from Old French amonester, admonester 源自 古法语 amonester, admonester
- from Vulgar Latin *admonestāre 源自 俗拉丁语 *admonestāre
- from Latin admonēre 源自 拉丁语 admonēre
- ad- [ad-] ad- [前缀,表“朝向”]
- monēre [to warn] * see men- 1monēre [警告] * 参见 men- 1
admonʹisher n.(名词)admonʹishingly adv.(副词)admonʹishment n.(名词)admonish, reprove, rebuke, reprimand, reproach- These verbs refer to adverse criticism intended as a corrective or caution.这些动词都表示作为改善法或警告的反对性评。
- Admonish implies the giving of advice or a warning so that a fault can be rectified or a danger avoided: Admonish 暗含提出建议或警告以便改正错误或避免危险: "A gallows erected on an eminence admonished the offenders of the fate that awaited them" (William Hickling Prescott). “山丘上竖着的绞刑架警告命运的反抗者” (威廉·希克林·普雷斯科特)。
- Reprove usually suggests gentle criticism and constructive intent: Reprove 通常暗示温和的批评及有建设性的意图: With a quick look the teacher reproved the child for whispering in class.老师以极快的表情斥责在课堂上交头接耳的同学。
- Rebuke and Rebuke
- reprimand both refer to sharp, often angry criticism;of the tworeprimand more frequently implies formal or official censure: reprimand 都表示刻薄的,通常是愤怒的批评;在两者之间reprimand 在更多情况下暗示正式的或官方的责难: "Some of the most heated criticism . . . has come from the Justice Department, which rarely rebukes other agencies in public" (Howard Kurtz). “许多最激烈的批评…来自于平时很少公开谴责其他部门的司法部” (霍华德·库尔兹)。 "A committee at [the university] asked its president to reprimand a scientist who tested gene-altered bacteria on trees" (New York Times). “校委会 要求校长申斥在树上做细胞基因变化试验的科学家” (纽约时代杂志)。
- Reproach usually refers to regretful or unhappy criticism arising from a sense of disappointment: Reproach 通常指由失望感产生的后悔或悲伤的批评: "Even if I had done wrong you should not have reproached me in public—people wash their dirty linen at home" (Napoleon Bonaparte).即使是我做错了事,你也不应该当众指责我-家丑不能外扬” (拿破仑·波拿巴)
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