Expostulation

(noun.) an exclamation of protest or remonstrance or reproof.

(noun.) the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest.

手打:纳塔利

• He saw that she would take no further heed of his expostulation, so he began to pour the tea. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• There was some expostulation, some tittering. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• He was moving towards her to change places, but her terrified expostulation stopped him and he resumed his seat. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Miss Bingley warmly resented the indignity he had received, in an expostulation with her brother for talking such nonsense. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• In his expostulation he dropped his cleaner hand (perhaps accidentally, perhaps not) upon the joker's heart. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• It will cost me several cups of tea, some toast and cake, and an ample measure of remonstrances, expostulations, and persuasions. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• He has been most kind; he has used arguments and expostulations, all in vain--in vain. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• Lily continued to meet his expostulations with a smile. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• But his wife's expostulations awoke his half-slumbering regrets; and Tom's manly disinterestedness increased the unpleasantness of his feelings. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.

手打:肖恩