英语词汇“reprove”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	reprove
释义	re·prove \rə̇ˈprüv, rēˈp-\ verb Etymology: Middle English reproven, repreven, from Middle French reprouver, reprover (3d person singular present indicative repreuve), from Old French, from Late Latin reprobare to disapprove, condemn, from Latin re- + probare to test, prove — more at prove *transitive verb* 1. : to chide as blameworthy : administer a rebuke to : call attention to remissness in often in a kindly or gentle way : seek to correct especially by mild rebuke, suasion, or implication < embarrassed to hear the children reproved in this way — Victoria Sackville-West > 2. : to express disapproval of (as conduct, actions, or beliefs) : indicate disapprobation of especially by contrast or implication : censure, condemn < it is not for me to reprove popular taste — D.W.Brogan > 3. obsolete : to prove (as an idea or statement) to be false or erroneous : disprove, refute < reprove my allegation, if you can — Shakespeare > 4. obsolete : convince, convict < will reprove the world of sin and of righteousness — Jn 16:8 (Authorized Version) > *intransitive verb* : to express rebuke or reproof < came … to reprove and exhort — Mary E. Braddon > Synonyms: rebuke, reprimand, reproach, chide, admonish: reprove indicates an expression of disapproval made without harshness and with mild and kindly urging of betterment < a light to guide, a rod to check the erring, and reprove — William Wordsworth > rebuke indicates a sharper and more severe expression of disapproval, designed to rebuff and check shortly or sharply < must rebuke this drunkenness of triumph — P.B.Shelley > reprimand may indicate a severe, formal or official rebuke < in reprimanding an officer — T.B.Macaulay > reproach indicates upbraiding faultfinding often arising from vexed disappointment of hopes or expectations < bitterly reproach him in your own heart and seriously think that he has behaved very badly to you — Oscar Wilde > chide is likely to indicate mild pointing out of errors, especially venial ones, and lightly scolding for them < there stood he chiding dilatory grooms — Robert Browning > admonish indicates earnest sympathetic or friendly warning, counsel, or exhortation; the notion of reproving for a fault is not stressed < wife who “told a lie, not a pernicious lie, but unadvisedly” was simply admonished — Agnes Repplier > < softly admonished the child >
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