英语词汇“admonish”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

admonishadmonish /ədˈmɑnɪʃ/ verb [transitive] formal

ETYMOLOGYadmonish

Origin: 1300-1400 Old French admonester, from Latin admonere to warn, from ad- to + monere to warn

VERB TABLE

admonish

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	admonish
	he, she, it	admonishes
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	admonished
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have admonished
	he, she, it	has admonished
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had admonished
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will admonish
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have admonished

Continuous Form
Present	I	am admonishing
	he, she, it	is admonishing
	you, we, they	are admonishing
Past	I, he, she, it	was admonishing
	you, we, they	were admonishing
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been admonishing
	he, she, it	has been admonishing
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been admonishing
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be admonishing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been admonishing

1to criticize someone severely for doing something wrong, and tell him or her to change the bad behavior: admonish somebody for (doing) something The witness was admonished for refusing to answer the question.2to advise someone very strongly to do something or not to do something: admonish somebody to do something Companies have been admonished to write documents in language the public can understand.—admonishment noun [countable]