| 词汇 | admonishing |
| 释义 | admonishing adjective uk /ədˈmɒn.ɪʃ.ɪŋ/ us /ədˈmɑː.nɪʃ.ɪŋ/ intended to tell someone that they have done something wrong: He waggled an admonishing finger in my direction but didn't say anything. The manager offers admonishing words one minute, and a fatherly arm around the player's shoulder the next. The boys withered under the police officer's admonishing glare. She can seem severe at times, like an admonishing head teacher. He adopted the voice of an admonishing parent. She wore a wide smile but there was no disguising the admonishing tone of her voice. Chastising & rebuking admonishingly admonitory barracking bawl bawl someone out carpet earbashing keelhaul lambaste lecture punchbag punching bag put someone in their placeidiom rap someone over the knucklesidiom read (someone) the riot actidiom reproachful shame spoken tear wigging Examples of admonishingadmonishing For reprimands, a lightly admonishing tone was used, appropriate to the meaning of the reprimand. Without admonishing the patient, she may help the patient understand complex information gleaned from medical web sites. Others, more critical of her position, might find this tone too admonishing. Chapter 9 of only a few pages concludes by admonishing us for our destructive activities. Following are some examples of such comments admonishing against the uneducated use and prescription of drugs in medical books of this era. It is no good either admonishing him or restricting him unless we are also taking positive steps to improve the public transport system. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is that of a heavy father admonishing a naughty son for extravagance. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I find from the dictionary that to monitor is: "to observe carefully a course of action or conduct with a view to admonishing another as to his conduct". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are often ineffectual at admonishing main actors or interfering with the main plot. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. She demands that the listener appease her, admonishing that, if he fails to do so, he must attempt the task again until he succeeds. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Admonishing each other to do good builds up both parties' virtue. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Owners were firm but tolerant, admonishing and encouraging with small rewards. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Admonishing them to unite together instead of harassing one another, she reminds them that the true enemy are the nomads invading their country. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. She soon begins admonishing him for the crime he got himself involved in, but he soon pacifies her. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The main pressure on admonishing breakfast was religion. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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