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词汇 expostulate
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expostulate

verb
/ɪkˈspɒstʃəleɪt/
/ɪkˈspɑːstʃəleɪt/
[intransitive, transitive] (formal)
动词形式
present simple I / you / we / they expostulate
/ɪkˈspɒstʃəleɪt/
/ɪkˈspɑːstʃəleɪt/
he / she / it expostulates
/ɪkˈspɒstʃəleɪts/
/ɪkˈspɑːstʃəleɪts/
past simple expostulated
/ɪkˈspɒstʃəleɪtɪd/
/ɪkˈspɑːstʃəleɪtɪd/
past participle expostulated
/ɪkˈspɒstʃəleɪtɪd/
/ɪkˈspɑːstʃəleɪtɪd/
-ing form expostulating
/ɪkˈspɒstʃəleɪtɪŋ/
/ɪkˈspɑːstʃəleɪtɪŋ/
  1. (+ speech) to argue, disagree or protest about something争论;争执;抗议Topics Opinion and argumentc2
    词源mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘demand how or why, state a complaint’): from Latin expostulat- ‘demanded’, from the verb expostulare, from ex- ‘out’ + postulare ‘demand’.
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