expostulate

[Verenigde Staten]/ɪkˈspɒstʃuleɪt/
[Verenigd Koninkrijk]/ɪkˈspɑːstʃuleɪt/
Frequentie: Zeer Hoog

Vertaling

vi. protesteren; afschrikken
n. afschrikking; protest

Uitdrukkingen & Collocaties

expostulate vehemently

nadrukkelijk betogen

expostulate with someone

betogen met iemand

Voorbeeldzinnen

expostulate with sb. about sth.

met iemand discussiëren over iets

Didn’t I ever expostulate with you on the subject?

Heb ik je nooit over het onderwerp laten discussiëren?

They expostulate with him about the risk involve in his plan.

Ze discussieerden met hem over het risico dat verbonden is aan zijn plan.

She expostulate with her husband about his habit of smoking in bed.

Ze discussieerde met haar man over zijn gewoonte om in bed te roken.

The father expostulate with his son about the foolishness of leaving school.

De vader discussieerde met zijn zoon over de domheid van het verlaten van school.

Her parents expostulated with her on the foolhardiness of her behavior. See also Synonyms at intention

Haar ouders discussieerden met haar over de roekeloosheid van haar gedrag. Zie ook Synoniemen bij intentie

Voorbeelden uit de praktijk

'It is not on that account, indeed, ' Elfride expostulated.

'Het is niet daarom, inderdaad,' Elfride protesteerde.

Bron: A pair of blue eyes (Part 1)

" Now, now" ! Mrs. Adams interrupted, expostulating mournfully.

Bron: Lonely Heart (Part 2)

Pray leave me, Mrs. Jethway'. The girl only expostulated now.

Bron: A pair of blue eyes (Part 2)

Sometimes, when the day was very unfavourable, his sisters would expostulate.

Bron: Jane Eyre (Original Version)

" No, no-don't say I should change" ! he expostulated; yet there was misgiving in his own voice also.

Bron: The Unnamed Jude (Middle)

" But you must have known, " I expostulated. " You were taken up to see her this afternoon" .

Bron: Murder at the golf course

I expostulated with him, but in vain; neither would he so much as tell me who their new captain was.

Bron: Gulliver's Travels (Original Version)

He might have been a doctor summoning the next patient from the waiting-room, a hysterical patient who had been expostulating feebly with a nurse.

Bron: Casino Royale of the 007 series

But even before these sounds arose, the ladies looked at one another stunned. For the drunken voices expostulating with Rhett were those of Ashley and Hugh Elsing.

Bron: Gone with the Wind

" But she's such a sweet woman, " Mrs. Bradley expostulated, as though it were very hoity-toity of me not to know that royal personage.

Bron: Blade (Part 1)

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