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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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