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词汇 reproof
释义 reproof
noun[ C or U ]
 formaluk /rɪˈpruːf/ us /rɪˈpruːf/
something that you say or do to show that you disapprove of someone's bad or silly behaviour: 责备;斥责;指责
She got a sharp reproof for being late.她因迟到受到严厉斥责。
He picked up the broken vase without a word of reproof to his son.他捡起被儿子打碎的花瓶,一句责备的话也没有说。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Chastising & rebuking
admonishing
admonishingly
admonitory
barracking
bawl
carpet
earbashing
keelhaul
lambaste
lecture
pull someone up
punchbag
punching bag
put someone in their placeidiom
rap someone over the knucklesidiom
shame
spoken
tear
ticking-off
wigging

Examples of reproof


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Or can he give any evidence whatsoever of any reproof which has been administered to them?
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I was sorry it was not possible for someone in this country to say a word of reproof.
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They were not subject to protest or reproof.
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I doubt whether that reproof does anything but occupy a little more time.
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I am not very much concerned with the implied reproof to the child.
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Governessy reproofs, laced with ill-concealed satisfaction, have also been directed at these people by many of the less responsible opinion formers in this country.
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I cannot see any advantage in a double reproof, but many disadvantages.
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I do not think anybody would echo that reproof to-day.
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It is praising the security forces, and never saying a word of reproof for these happenings.
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It is not a reproof in the slightest.
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I am aware that that reproof could often be applied to the whole human race.
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I accept the reproof in the friendly spirit in which it was given.
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I contend, without heat or feeling, that that reproof was wrong.
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The appalling organisation of the polytechnic would not even, beyond a mild reproof, deal with the students who did it.
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I must administer a reproof to myself and to others.
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