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remonstrate vi. 表示異議,抗議,責備
vt. 抗議地說 表示異議,抗議,責備抗議地說 remonstrate v 1: argue in protest or opposition 2: present and urge reasons in opposition [ synonym: { remonstrate}, { point out}] 3: censure severely or angrily; " The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger' s car"; " The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; " The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup" [ synonym: { call on the carpet}, { take to task}, { rebuke}, { rag}, { trounce}, { reproof}, { lecture}, { reprimand}, { jaw}, { dress down}, { call down}, { scold}, { chide}, { berate}, { bawl out}, { remonstrate}, { chew out}, { chew up}, { have words}, { lambaste}, { lambast}] Remonstrate \ Re* mon" strate\ (- str? t), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Remonstrated} (- str?* t? d); p. pr. & vb. n. { Remonstrating}.] [ LL. remonstratus, p. p. of remonstrare to remonstrate; L. pref. re- monstrare to show. See { Monster}.] To point out; to show clearly; to make plain or manifest; hence, to prove; to demonstrate. [ Obs.] -- Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster] I will remonstrate to you the third door. -- B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster]
Remonstrate \ Re* mon" strate\, v. i. To present and urge reasons in opposition to an act, measure, or any course of proceedings; to expostulate; as, to remonstrate with a person regarding his habits; to remonstrate against proposed taxation. [ 1913 Webster] It is proper business of a divine to state cases of conscience, and to remonstrate against any growing corruptions in practice, and especially in principles. -- Waterland. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: { Expostulate}, { Remonstrate}. Usage: These words are commonly interchangeable, the principal difference being that expostulate is now used especially to signify remonstrance by a superior or by one in authority. A son remonstrates against the harshness of a father; a father expostulates with his son on his waywardness. Subjects remonstrate with their rulers; sovereigns expostulate with the parliament or the people. [ 1913 Webster] 81 Moby Thesaurus words for " remonstrate": admonish, beef, bitch, boggle, boycott, call in question, caution, challenge, charge, combat, complain, complain loudly, confront, contend with, cry out against, daunt, demonstrate, demonstrate against, demur, dispute, dissent, dissuade, encourage, enjoin, enter a protest, except, exhort, expostulate, face down, face out, face up to, fight, frighten off, front, holler, howl, incite, induce, intimidate, inveigh against, issue a caveat, kick, kick against, kid out of, make a stand, march, meet head- on, move, object, offer resistance, oppose, persuade, picket, preach, press objections, prompt, protest, raise a howl, rally, recalcitrate, reluct, resist, revolt, scruple, show fight, sit in, squawk, stand, stand at bay, stand up against, stand up to, state a grievance, strike, strive against, talk out of, teach in, unpersuade, urge, warn, withstand, yell bloody murder
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