reprove

英 [rɪˈpruːv]

美 [rɪˈpruːv]

v.  指责; 责备; 非难

过去式：reproved　过去分词：reproved　第三人称单数：reproves　现在分词：reproving　

GRETEM8法律

BNC.21465 / COCA.31172

牛津词典

verb

• 指责；责备；非难
  to tell sb that you do not approve of sth that they have done
  1. He reproved her for rushing away.
     他责备她不该匆匆离去。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 谴责;责备;斥责
  If youreprovesomeone, you speak angrily or seriously to them because they have behaved in a wrong or foolish way.
  1. 'There's no call for talk like that,' Mrs Evans reproved him...
     “没有必要说那种话，”埃文斯夫人斥责他道。
  2. Women were reproved if they did not wear hats in court.
     女性如果在法庭不戴帽子，就会受到谴责。

英英释义

verb

• take to task
  1. He admonished the child for his bad behavior
  Synonym:admonish

双语例句

• The natural day is very calm, and will hardly reprove his indolence.
  时光的天性就是沉静，它不会因此而责备自己的懒惰。
• Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.
  然而，人都不必争辩，也不必指责，因为这民与抗拒祭司的人一样。
• Finding one of her students making faces at others on the playground, Ms Smith stopped to gently reprove the child.
  史密斯小姐发现她的一个学生在操场上对其它同学做鬼脸，史密斯小姐停下来轻轻的责备他。
• But something always return'd swift upon me to check these thoughts, and to reprove me;
  但是这时候通常会有一些相反的想法来检查和责备我。
• Women were reproved if they did not wear hats in court.
  女性如果在法庭不戴帽子，就会受到谴责。
• And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
  不要参与黑暗无益的作为，反要加以指摘。
• Reprove a friend in secret, but praise him before others.
  秘密考察朋友，但要当众表扬。
• I stand correct and reprove myself. She slowly confessed she was not visibly affecting lives.
  久而久之，她承认自己并不能给予别人以显著的影响。
• She again found herself unable to reprove him.
  她又一次发现自己难以开口责备他。
• How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?
  正直的言语力量何其大。但你们责备是责备什么呢。