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remonstrate vi. 表示异议,抗议,责备
vt. 抗议地说 表示异议,抗议,责备抗议地说 remonstrate v 1: argue in protest or opposition 2: present and urge reasons in opposition [synonym: {remonstrate}, {point out}] 3: censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup" [synonym: {call on the carpet}, {take to task}, {rebuke}, {rag}, {trounce}, {reproof}, {lecture}, {reprimand}, {jaw}, {dress down}, {call down}, {scold}, {chide}, {berate}, {bawl out}, {remonstrate}, {chew out}, {chew up}, {have words}, {lambaste}, {lambast}] Remonstrate \Re*mon"strate\ (-str?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Remonstrated} (-str?*t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Remonstrating}.] [LL. remonstratus, p. p. of remonstrare to remonstrate; L. pref. re- monstrare to show. See {Monster}.] To point out; to show clearly; to make plain or manifest; hence, to prove; to demonstrate. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] I will remonstrate to you the third door. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] Remonstrate \Re*mon"strate\, v. i. To present and urge reasons in opposition to an act, measure, or any course of proceedings; to expostulate; as, to remonstrate with a person regarding his habits; to remonstrate against proposed taxation. [1913 Webster] It is proper business of a divine to state cases of conscience, and to remonstrate against any growing corruptions in practice, and especially in principles. --Waterland. [1913 Webster] Syn: {Expostulate}, {Remonstrate}. Usage: These words are commonly interchangeable, the principal difference being that expostulate is now used especially to signify remonstrance by a superior or by one in authority. A son remonstrates against the harshness of a father; a father expostulates with his son on his waywardness. Subjects remonstrate with their rulers; sovereigns expostulate with the parliament or the people. [1913 Webster] 81 Moby Thesaurus words for "remonstrate":
admonish, beef, bitch, boggle, boycott, call in question, caution, challenge, charge, combat, complain, complain loudly, confront, contend with, cry out against, daunt, demonstrate, demonstrate against, demur, dispute, dissent, dissuade, encourage, enjoin, enter a protest, except, exhort, expostulate, face down, face out, face up to, fight, frighten off, front, holler, howl, incite, induce, intimidate, inveigh against, issue a caveat, kick, kick against, kid out of, make a stand, march, meet head-on, move, object, offer resistance, oppose, persuade, picket, preach, press objections, prompt, protest, raise a howl, rally, recalcitrate, reluct, resist, revolt, scruple, show fight, sit in, squawk, stand, stand at bay, stand up against, stand up to, state a grievance, strike, strive against, talk out of, teach in, unpersuade, urge, warn, withstand, yell bloody murder
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