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(zhēng)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?！八麄儽阋硕宜麄冇杏谩！?/p> For a moment I thought she was going to expostulate. 我一度認(rèn)爲(wèi)她要爭(zhēng)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(duì)；抗議；抱怨 Walter expostulated with the waiter about the size of the bill . 沃爾特認(rèn)爲(wèi)賬單上的金額不對(duì)，曏侍者提出異議。 返回 expostulate