| 单词 | admonitory |
| 释义 | admonitory (once / 17255 pages) adj Something that's admonitory is meant to correct or scold. If you're caught throwing paper airplanes in class, your teacher will probably give you an admonitory lecture. Use the adjective admonitory to describe something that's done in a warning or reproachful way. When kids are loud in the library, the librarian might shush them in an admonitory way. If your piano teacher always finds fault with your playing, she is consistently admonitory. The root of admonitory is the verb admonish, which means "to scold or reprimand." The Latin origin of both is admonere, "remind or suggest," but also "warn or urge." WORD FAMILYadmonitory: admonitorily+/admonish: admonished, admonisher, admonishes, admonishing, admonishment, admonition, admonitory/admonisher: admonishers/admonishing: admonishingly/admonishment: admonishments/admonition: admonitions USAGE EXAMPLESThe prospect of his one-man rule, without the admonitory influence of his brother, unnerves many Cubans. Economist(Nov 27, 2016) She is often admonitory, self-reflective, and maternal in the span of a single column. The New Yorker(Jul 26, 2016) And just when you start to think, “Enough already,” he introduces another element that jolts this moral satire out of its admonitory, singsong rhythms. New York Times(Jun 08, 2016) 1adj expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective Syn admonishing, reproachful, reproving unfavorable, unfavourable not encouraging or approving or pleasing 2adj serving to warn Syn cautionary, exemplary, monitory, warning dissuasive deterring from action |
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