expostulate 中文意思是什麼

expostulate 解釋
vi. 不及物動詞 勸導,忠告 (about; for; on). expostulate with sb. on [about] 告誡某人…。

  1. He wanted to plunge in and expostulate with her.

    他想要單刀直入,勸告她。
  2. The friar took the advantage to expostulate with him on the unmanly weakness which he had shown.

    神父趁機規勸他說,象他剛才那樣軟弱太不夠男子氣了。
  3. I see you can say nothing : in the first place, you are faint still, and have enough to do to draw your breath ; in the second place, you cannot yet accustom yourself to accuse and revile me, and besides, the flood - gates of tears are opened, and they would rush out if you spoke much ; and you have no desire to expostulate, to upbraid, to make a scene : you are thinking how to act - talking you consider is of no use

    我看你無話可說,首先你身子依然虛弱,還得花好些工夫才能喘過氣來其次,你還不習慣于指控我,辱罵我此外眼淚的閘門大開著,要是你說得太多,淚水會奔涌而出,你沒有心思來勸說,來責備,來大鬧一場。你在思索著怎樣來行動你認為空談無濟於事。
  4. Some hundreds of leagues out of the ordinary course of the trade of mankind, i had great reason to consider it as a determination of heaven, that in this desolate place, and in this desolate manner i should end my life ; the tears would run plentifully down my face when i made these reflections, and sometimes i would expostulate with my self, why providence should thus compleatly ruine its creatures, and render them so absolutely miserable, so without help abandon d, so entirely depress d, that it could hardly be rational to be thankful for such a life

    於是我放下母羊,抱起小羊,進入木柵,一心想把它馴養大。可是小山羊就是不肯吃東西,沒有辦法,我只好把它也殺了吃了。這兩只一大一小的山羊肉,供我吃了好長一段時間,因為我吃得很剩我要盡量節省糧食,尤其是麵包。
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