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

• The teacher admonished the students against being late.
  老师劝告学生不要迟到。
• However, he admonished the crowd to lower your expectations.
  不过，他告诫众人降低你的期望。
• 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。
• They were admonished for not having acted more promptly.
  有人告诫他们行动不够迅速。
• She admonished us to seek professional help.
  她劝我们向专业人士求助。
• He was not afraid to be coarse and edgy at times, nor was he afraid to go beyond the accepted norms of polite expressiveness we'd been admonished to consider proper.
  他并不怕不时的粗糙和前卫，也没有不敢超越我们所被教导的，礼貌表演的传统规范。
• His father admonished him for impoliteness.
  他父亲告诫他不可无礼。
• 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。
• He sternly admonished the students who had violated the school rules.
  他十分严厉地训诫了犯校的学生。
• He admonished his friend not to be late for his work.
  他警告他的朋友工作不可迟到。