expostulate,英语单词,主要用作不及物动词,作不及物动词时译为“抗议;陈词”。
单词发音:英 [ɪkˈspɒstjuleɪt] 美 [ɪkˈspɑːstjuleɪt]
单词例句:
1. " I have no objection to your asking questions, " he said, " but I must protest against your apostulating. " “你提问题我并不反对,”他说,“但我不得不对你的抗议表示抗议。”
2. She indignantly apostulated against the proposal. 她愤慨地反对这个建议。
3. She would not have been so angry if he had not been so unreasonable and so persistent in his apostulation. 如果他不是那么不讲道理,而且一再地抗议,她也不会那么生气。
4. He was a man of few words, but when he did speak he was not easily put down, and he often apostulated with great earnestness. 他是个寡言少语的人,但一旦开口,就很难让他住嘴。他常常非常认真地提出抗议。
5. She apostulated with him about his bad language. 她对他满口脏话提出抗议。
6. He apostulated with the authorities for the release of the prisoners. 他向当局提出抗议要求释放犯人。
7. " I do not want to be in the least offensive, " he said, " but I must apostulate against your wearing that dress. " “我不想冒犯你,”他说,“但我不得不对你穿那件衣服提出抗议。”
8. " Expostulate!" exclaimed his father. "Expostulate! But who listens to your apostulations?" “你为什么要进行抗议!”他的父亲喊道,“抗议!但又有谁会听你的呢?”
9. The clerk was expostulating with him for accepting such an appointment. 那位职员为这位主任接受这么一个职务而与他争辩。
10. We need to know about that on Friday or I'll have to exclaim a forceful apostulation to him at 400 of my afternoon today about doing the research job which was under me until such a conversation that they just increased you that moment can do it, you know what I mean? 我们需要知道这件事情,在星期五之前,否则我就要在今天下午四点的时候强烈地向他抗议了,你要知道,那个工作一直是由我负责的,直到这次谈话他们才将这个任务交给了你,你必须完成这项工作,否则的话,我就得再次进行抗议了。