词汇 | reproof |
释义 | reproofWord family adjectivereprovablereprovingnounreprovalreproverreproofverbreproveadverbreprovingly re·proof /rɪˈpruːf/ noun formal 1 [uncountableU]BLAME blame or disapproval 责备,责怪,指责 She greeted me with a look of cold reproof. 她对我报以冷淡、责备的目光。 2 [countableC]BLAME a remark that blames or criticizes someone 责备之言 a mild reproof 温和的责备 Examples from the Corpus reproof• There had been something of a reproof in that letter, even though no word of it had been written openly.• Shame on shame, and the sight of the awful mixture of distress and reproof in his parents' faces.• A similar distinction may be made between praise and reproof on the one hand and credit and blame on the other.• Her voice was balanced precisely between reproof and mild shock.• When Gebrec approached, he took him by the arm and murmured something which Melissa took to be a mild reproof.• a sharp reproof• No reason for the reproof is suggested.• The reproof of Beatrice is not, I conceive, as remote as it might seem from our own world.• The reproof, justified or not, is significant. (1300-1400) Old French reprove, from reprover; → REPROVE |
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