expostulate基本信息
读法：英 [ɪk"spɒstjʊleɪt; ek-] 美 [ɪk"spɑstʃulet]
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英英释义
Verb:
中英词源
expostulate 抗议，争执
ex-, 向外。-post, 要求，争辩，词源同postulate, pray.
- expostulate (v.)
- 1530s, "to demand, to claim," from Latin expostulatus, past participle of expostulare "to demand urgently, remonstrate, find fault, dispute, complain of, demand the reason (for someone"s conduct)," from ex- "from" (see ex-) + postulare "to demand" (see postulate (v.)). Friendlier sense of "to reason earnestly (with someone) against a course of action, etc." is first recorded in English 1570s. Related: Expostulated; expostulating.
词态变化
第三人称单数 expostulates;
过去式 expostulated;
过去分词 expostulated;
现在分词 expostulating;
名词 expostulation;
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权威造句
- 1. For a moment I thought she was going to expostulate.
- 那一刻，我以为她要提出异议。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. She expostulate with her husband about his habit of smoking in bed.
- 她抗议她丈夫经常在床上抽烟.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. The father expostulate with his son about the foolishness of leaving school.
- 父亲就他孩子辍学的愚蠢行为对他进行规劝.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. They expostulate with him about the risk involve in his plan.
- 他们指出他的计划有风险,劝他放弃.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. He wanted to plunge in and expostulate with her.
- 他想要单刀直入,劝告她.
来自辞典例句
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单词分析
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记忆方法
1、ex- "from" + postul- + -ate.
2、字面意思为：demand urgently, remonstrate.
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