Expostulate
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[编辑] 解释
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- v. ( 对人或行为的) 抗议, 告诫
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verb
- Etymology: Latin expostulatus, past participle of expostulare to demand, dispute, from ex- + postulare to ask for — more at postulate
- Date: 1573
- transitive verb
- intransitive verb
- to reason earnestly with a person for purposes of dissuasion or remonstrance
