释义 |
reˈbukative, a. rare. [f. rebuke v. + -ative.] Disapproving, rebuking. So reˈbukatively adv.
1924‘O. Douglas’ Pink Sugar iii. 30 Miss Dickson..asked if we had called yet.. and added, rather rebukatively, that Mr. M'Clandish had called at once. 1950― Farewell to Priorsford 219 Do you suppose she meant gangsters or only what Jane Austen called ‘less worthy females’? No, Janet, I'm not backbiting, so don't look so rebukative. |