admonished

英 [ədˈmɒnɪʃt]

美 [ədˈmɑːnɪʃt]

v.  责备; 告诫; 警告; 力劝; 忠告
admonish的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 责备；告诫；警告
  If youadmonishsomeone, you tell them very seriously that they have done something wrong.
  1. They admonished me for taking risks with my health...
     他们责备我不应拿自己的健康冒险。
  2. She admonished him gently, 'You should rest, not talk so much.'
     她温柔地责备他：“你要多休息，少说话。”

双语例句

• They are frequently admonished for their failure to act quickly.
  他们常常因未能立即采取行动而受到警告。
• In a lawsuit against Facebook, a former technology partner said her boss had admonished her for volunteering at her child's school one day a month, which she said was allowed by company policy.
  在针对Facebook的一桩诉讼中，一名前技术合伙人称，因为每个月到自家孩子的学校当一天志愿者，她遭到了上司的斥责。她表示，此事本来属于公司政策允许的范畴。
• The teacher admonished the students against being late.
  老师劝告学生不要迟到。
• One headline admonished: "Obama struggles as communicator."
  一条新闻标题警告说：“奥巴马难以胜任沟通者的角色。”
• He admonished his friend not to be late for his work.
  他警告他的朋友工作不可迟到。
• However, he admonished the crowd to lower your expectations.
  不过，他告诫众人降低你的期望。
• Richard Swiveller pointed to the money, and admonished him to take it up.
  理查·斯威夫勒指着钞票，劝他把钱收起来。
• "peter," he sternly admonished peter, his student.
  “彼得，”他严厉地训诫他的学生彼得道。
• They were admonished for not having acted more promptly.
  有人告诫他们行动不够迅速。
• I admonished him of the need for silence.
  我提醒他缄默的必要。