expostulate
柯林斯詞典
1. V-T/V-I If you expostulate, you express strong disagreement with someone. 反駁; 爭(zhēng)辯[正式]
"For heaven's sake!" Dot expostulated. "They're cheap and they're useful."
“看在老天的份上！”多特反駁道?！八麄儽阋硕宜麄冇杏谩！?/p>
For a moment I thought she was going to expostulate. 我一度認(rèn)為她要爭(zhēng)辯。
His family expostulated with him. 他的家人反駁他。
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expostulate /?k?sp?stj??le?t/ (expostulating,expostulated,expostulates)
劍橋詞典
- to express disagreement or complaint
反對(duì)；抗議；抱怨
Walter expostulated with the waiter about the size of the bill . 沃爾特認(rèn)為賬單上的金額不對(duì)，向侍者提出異議。 返回 expostulate