英:[rɪˈpru:vɪŋ]
美:[rɪˈpruvɪŋ]
英:[rɪˈpru:vɪŋ]
美:[rɪˈpruvɪŋ]
词根:reprove
adv.reprovingly 挑剔地;申斥地;责备地
n.reproval 谴责;非难
vi.reprove 责备;指责;非难
vt.reprove 责骂;谴责;非难
verb
transitive verb
to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent
to express disapproval of : censure
it is not for me to reprove popular taste—D. W. Brogan
obsolete disprove, refute
obsolete convince, convict
intransitive verb
to express rebuke or reproof
Middle English repreven, reproven, from Anglo-French reprover, from Late Latin reprobare to disapprove, condemn, from Latin re- + probare to test, approve — more at prove
The first known use of reprove was in the 14th century
reptile1 of 2noun
any of a group of cold-blooded air-breathing vertebrates (as snakes, lizards, turtles, and alligators) that usually lay eggs and have skin covered with scales or bony plates
reptile2 of 2adjective
characteristic of a reptile : reptilian
reptile1 of 2noun
any of a group of cold-blooded air-breathing vertebrates (as snakes, lizards, turtles, and alligators) that usually lay eggs and have skin covered with scales or bony plates
reptile2 of 2adjective
characteristic of a reptile : reptilian
rep1 of 2noun
representative entry 2
sales rep
rep2 of 2noun
repetition sense 1b
reproveverb
to scold or correct usually in a gentle way
reprove a tardy student
to express disapproval of
reprove a fault
reproveverb
to scold or correct usually in a gentle way
reprove a tardy student
to express disapproval of
reprove a fault
1 "I presume, madam, you mean the fowl," said the prig, in a reproving tone.
2 Tell the gentlemen of the Mahamad," said Manasseh, with reproving emphasis, "that I shall do myself the pleasure of being with them presently.
3 “It’s very important,” she said in a reproving tone.
4 Still he could not forbear reproving her for treating him so much as a stranger, and not coming to him at once in her morning-dress.
5 I took the first opportunity of reproving Charlotte's tame endurance of all this.
6 Today, she looks thin but healthy, her eyes radiating a quizzical alertness that can be almost unsettling when she occasionally fixes you with a slightly reproving stare.
7 “There is no part of the country where opinion is narrower than it is here,” Mr. Brooke tells a reproving neighbor, Mrs. Cadwallader, the rector’s wife.
8 "Jo does use such slang words!" observed Amy, with a reproving look at the long figure stretched on the rug.
“乔就是爱用这些粗俗的字眼!”艾美抨击道,用一种谴责的眼光望着躺在地毯上的长身躯。
9 The landlady’s reproving comments that the baby isn’t dressed warmly enough weighed against the freshly renovated apartment.
10 The teacher reproved the student for being late.
11 But she does put it to coolly subversive use. At social gatherings she turns her grin into a shield, a mask of contentment that can clench, without warning, into a reproving stare.
12 "Thou seest what unmercifulness thou dost compel us to adopt, amantissime!" said the brother apologetically, but still holding him aloft with one hand and shaking a reproving finger at him with the other.
13 They bought groceries up the hill at the Thrift Market because they could not stand the reproving eyes of Lee Chong.
14 The phrase “Play Sure,” conceived by a marketing team, with its inevitable hash tag, suggests a new era in which medical technology has made it possible for public-health messaging to seem less anxious and reproving.
15 To which the drab, meandering late 20th-century office life acts as a reproving commentary, a rebuttal of the American dream.
16 Far, indeed, from the elation of conquest were my feelings, while I shrunk from the rebuke of him, whose displeasure had, with me, the power of a reproving angel.
17 On the pandemic, immigration, crime, street violence and other issues, Mr. Trump regularly divides the country into the parts that support him and the parts that do not, rewarding the former and reproving the latter.
18 Diners at the bishop’s table would have sat under the reproving gazes of these Old Testament figures, Jewish forefathers of the church’s good fortune.
19 He shook his head at himself with a reproving smile for this vanity.
20 We all know that we need some reproving messages, and thus we have a church manual.
我们都知道我们需要一些责备的信息,因而我们有了一本教会手册。
1 表示责备的
2 责备
accusing reproachful reprehensive criminatory reprovingly reproachingly jobation reflection prick reproach censure accusal impugnment scold check score blame condemn upbraid dispraise reprehend rap on the knuckles put it across sit upon blame for land on ticking off get after talking stage reproachfully chastisement reproof admonish chastise reprove speak to
5 谴责
denunciative reproachful condemnatory reprehensive objurgatory comminatory dyslogistic reprovingly reproachingly dyslogy decrial accusation condemnation rebuke reprimand twit chastisement reproof upbraiding dispraise animadversion reprehension objurgation reflect animadvert blame trim accuse condemn denounce smite reproach decry censure chastise deplore reprove reprobate reprehend objurgate rap on the knuckles lower the boom on indictment denunciation diatribe rail blast damn pummel upbraid fulminate tax with