| 单词 | expostulate |
| 释义 | expostulate —expostulatingly, adv. —expostulator, n. /ik spos"cheuh layt'/, v.i. , expostulated, expostulating. to reason earnestly with someone against something that person intends to do or has done; remonstrate: His father expostulated with him about the evils of gambling. [1525-35; < L expostulatus demanded urgently, required (ptp. of expostulare). See EX-1, POSTULATE] Syn. dispute, argue, protest; exhort, counsel. |
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