单词	expostulate
释义	expostulateex‧pos‧tu‧late /ɪkˈspɒstʃəleɪt $ -ˈspɑː-/ verb [intransitive] formal Word Origin WORD ORIGINexpostulate Origin: 1500-1600 Latin past participle of expostulare, from postulare ‘to ask for’ Verb Table VERB TABLE expostulate Simple Form Present I, you, we, they expostulate he, she, it expostulates Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they expostulated Present perfect I, you, we, they have expostulated he, she, it has expostulated Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had expostulated Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will expostulate Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have expostulated Continuous Form Present I am expostulating he, she, it is expostulating you, we, they are expostulating Past I, he, she, it was expostulating you, we, they were expostulating Present perfect I, you, we, they have been expostulating he, she, it has been expostulating Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been expostulating Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be expostulating Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been expostulating Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Breeze looked up, meaning to expostulate, but was silenced by what she saw in her sister's face. Now and again one would try to expostulate with the man in white but it was no good; nobody was listening. to express strong disapproval, disagreement, or annoyance with someone—expostulation /ɪkˌspɒstʃəˈleɪʃən $ -ˌspɑː-/ noun [countable, uncountable]
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