expostulated
v.
告诫，规劝( expostulate的过去式和过去分词 );
例句:
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"For heaven's sake!" Dot expostulated. "They're cheap and they're useful."
“拜托！”多特反驳道，“它们又便宜又管用。”
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Connie expostulated roundly, and was angry with both of them.
来自D. H. Lawrence
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His family expostulated with him.
家人和他意见相左。
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She expostulated with her husband on his habit of smoking in bed.
她劝戒丈夫改掉在床上吸烟的习惯.