exhort

1. V-T If you exhort someone to do something, you try hard to persuade or encourage them to do it. 勸告; 勉勵[正式]

Kennedy exhorted his listeners to turn away from violence. 肯尼迪勸告他的聽衆(zhòng)要遠離暴力。

He exhorted his companions, "Try to accomplish your aim with diligence."

他勉勵他的同志，“嘗試以勤奮來實現(xiàn)目標。”

2. exhortationN-VAR

Foreign funds alone are clearly not enough, nor are exhortations to reform. 僅有外資明顯不夠，改革的勉勵也不足。