单词	reproof
释义	reproofre‧proof /rɪˈpruːf/ noun formal Word Origin WORD ORIGINreproof Origin: 1300-1400 Old French reprove, from reprover; ➔ REPROVE Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES a sharp reproof EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A similar distinction may be made between praise and reproof on the one hand and credit and blame on the other. Her voice was balanced precisely between reproof and mild shock. No reason for the reproof is suggested. Shame on shame, and the sight of the awful mixture of distress and reproof in his parents' faces. The reproof of Beatrice is not, I conceive, as remote as it might seem from our own world. The reproof, justified or not, is significant. There had been something of a reproof in that letter, even though no word of it had been written openly. When Gebrec approached, he took him by the arm and murmured something which Melissa took to be a mild reproof. 1[uncountable] blame or disapproval:  She greeted me with a look of cold reproof.2[countable] a remark that blames or criticizes someone:  a mild reproof
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