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单词 finger-wagging
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Definition of finger-wagging in English:

finger-wagging

noun
mass noun
  • The action of reprimanding or warning someone.

    the government is unable to resist such finger-wagging
    as modifier a finger-wagging speech
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Let's have a bit of intelligent dialogue on this, not this finger wagging, contract making nonsense.
    • But the complex set of circumstances I discovered cannot be explained by finger-wagging demands for a scapegoat.
    • The finger-wagging from the sidelines doesn't help the debate that much.
    • Mr Duncan Smith denied the report was adopting a " finger-wagging approach ".
    • Finger wagging is something that I do just automatically.
    • Away from the gazes of finger-wagging critics, the fashion chain reported a 32 % rise in interim profits to £ 55m.
    • There will be no finger-wagging or guilty feelings to rectify with a New Year's resolution.
    • The Supreme Court justice not taking too kindly to some verbal finger-wagging from the President.
    • Ethics is about what is appropriate conduct and not just about right and wrong in the finger-wagging moral sense.
    • Harvey, being the oldest member of our team, is given to much finger-wagging warnings.
    • Mr Rob stood and made his way to their cell door, reaching through the bars he looked at Jill, his fingers wagging.
    • In 20 years the huge hand-clapping anthems have changed into being quieter, finger-wagging, with more questions than answers.
    • Mr. McCormack said the meeting with the ambassador was not a "finger wagging" session.
    • The two have a finger-wagging exchange, possibly about whether this program is better than that one.
    • It is vital to offer them these services without finger-wagging.
    • Stories on hot-button topics like recreational drug use or sexually transmitted diseases would be written without an alarmist or finger-wagging tone.
    • Many Australians considered Ranatunga's finger-wagging to be deeply offensive.
    • Asking a student to weigh what swearing or deliberate indifference says about his or her character accomplishes more than moralistic finger-wagging.
    • The British government is peculiarly unable to resist such finger-wagging.
    • He warns us against dogmatic, finger - wagging religion in a dogmatic, finger-wagging way.
 
 

Definition of finger-wagging in US English:

finger-wagging

noun
  • The action of reprimanding or warning someone.

    the government is unable to resist such finger-wagging
    as modifier a finger-wagging speech
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In 20 years the huge hand-clapping anthems have changed into being quieter, finger-wagging, with more questions than answers.
    • Let's have a bit of intelligent dialogue on this, not this finger wagging, contract making nonsense.
    • But the complex set of circumstances I discovered cannot be explained by finger-wagging demands for a scapegoat.
    • Mr. McCormack said the meeting with the ambassador was not a "finger wagging" session.
    • There will be no finger-wagging or guilty feelings to rectify with a New Year's resolution.
    • It is vital to offer them these services without finger-wagging.
    • Stories on hot-button topics like recreational drug use or sexually transmitted diseases would be written without an alarmist or finger-wagging tone.
    • The two have a finger-wagging exchange, possibly about whether this program is better than that one.
    • Away from the gazes of finger-wagging critics, the fashion chain reported a 32 % rise in interim profits to £ 55m.
    • Asking a student to weigh what swearing or deliberate indifference says about his or her character accomplishes more than moralistic finger-wagging.
    • He warns us against dogmatic, finger - wagging religion in a dogmatic, finger-wagging way.
    • The finger-wagging from the sidelines doesn't help the debate that much.
    • Mr Duncan Smith denied the report was adopting a " finger-wagging approach ".
    • Ethics is about what is appropriate conduct and not just about right and wrong in the finger-wagging moral sense.
    • Harvey, being the oldest member of our team, is given to much finger-wagging warnings.
    • Finger wagging is something that I do just automatically.
    • Many Australians considered Ranatunga's finger-wagging to be deeply offensive.
    • The British government is peculiarly unable to resist such finger-wagging.
    • The Supreme Court justice not taking too kindly to some verbal finger-wagging from the President.
    • Mr Rob stood and made his way to their cell door, reaching through the bars he looked at Jill, his fingers wagging.
 
 
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