admonish

admonish

英 [əd'mɒnɪʃ]
　　美 [əd'mɑnɪʃ]

vt. 告誡；勸告

中文詞源：

admonish 警告

前綴ad-, 去，往。詞根mon, 建議，警告，同monitor,班長。

例句：

1. The ethics committee may take a decision to admonish him or to censure him.
道德委員會也許會決定對他進行訓誡或是嚴厲批評。

2. In this strain Mrs. Trenor continued for nearly an hour to admonish her friend.
雷諾太太用這種口吻繼續對她的朋友數落瞭幾乎一小時.

3. Practically or ethically, we cannot simply admonish them to not clear forest.
不管是基於實際上或道德上的考量, 我們都不能單隻責備這些人、叫他們不準砍伐森林.

4. Admonish your friend in secret , commend him in public.
規友私室,贊友公堂.

5. I will tactfully admonish him not to behave like this again.
我會婉轉的規誡他不要這樣做.