柯林斯詞典expostulate /?k?sp?stj??le?t/ (expostulating,expostulated,expostulates) 1. V-T/V-I If you expostulate, you express strong disagreement with someone. 反駁; 爭辯[正式] "For heaven's sake!" Dot expostulated. "They're cheap and they're useful." “看在老天的份上!”多特反駁道。“他們便宜而且他們有用?!?/p> For a moment I thought she was going to expostulate. 我一度認(rèn)為她要爭辯。 His family expostulated with him. 他的家人反駁他。 返回 expostulate劍橋詞典to express disagreement or complaint 反對;抗議;抱怨 Walter expostulated with the waiter about the size of the bill . 沃爾特認(rèn)為賬單上的金額不對,向侍者提出異議。 返回 expostulate