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单词 admonition
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Definition of admonition in English:

admonition

noun ˌadməˈnɪʃ(ə)nˌædməˈnɪʃ(ə)n
  • A firm warning or reprimand.

    he received numerous admonitions for his behaviour
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Following written statements, verbal admonitions are given, software is used, and course instructors reinforce Chat limitation guidelines.
    • Does anyone out there still heed the old admonition, If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all?
    • This new admonition, new warning from the government just came today.
    • Maybe they should take another look at the Bible and its admonition that we shall be judged by what we do for the least among us.
    • Set against all these worries, the perks of a few quid in government money and the admonition that you need kids to support you in your old age is not exactly convincing.
    • In our times, this message has far more resonance than a straightforward official admonition to shape up.
    • Yet one of his subordinates and eventual successor, had experienced similar admonitions from a judge in 1994.
    • She paid no heed to the admonitions of the trial judge.
    • Butler thus condemns the naive admonitions of the historically privileged.
    • The regular use of this second comma is one of the early admonitions of our old friends Strunk and White, who tell us that the second comma is often referred to as the ‘serial’ comma.
    • We are all against the present US administration's heavy-handed admonitions to reform.
    • He then went ahead with settlement building in spite of government admonitions.
    • I don't think that will happen given just how strident the given all the judge's previous admonitions to this panel.
    • His admonitions on their shortcomings shamed them but did not change them.
    • Verse 35 even condemns them as the archetypal mischief-makers who ignored the admonitions of earlier prophets.
    • Given that history, his admonition to the party essentially amounts to this: Do as I say, not as I did.
    • In spite of that admonition, Fichman's book is not a conventional, chronological biography.
    • In the week after he wrote that memo, he broke his own admonition about discussing the investigation with people outside the company.
    • He mostly responded with admonitions and rebukes, only occasionally being pushed to think through an issue afresh, on the basis of his new Christian principles.
    • Nor would they have listened to my admonition to refrain from any but nonviolent protests.
    Synonyms
    reprimand, rebuke, reproof, remonstrance, reproach, admonishment, stricture, lecture, criticism, recrimination, tirade, diatribe, philippic, harangue, attack
    scolding, chastisement, castigation, upbraiding, berating, reproval, censure, condemnation
    informal telling-off, dressing-down, talking-to, tongue-lashing, bashing, blast, rap, rap over the knuckles, slap on the wrist, flea in one's ear, earful, roasting, rollicking, caning, blowing-up
    British informal rocket, wigging, slating, ticking off, carpeting
    Australian/New Zealand informal serve
    British vulgar slang bollocking
    dated rating
    exhortation, warning, caution, caveat, piece of advice, admonishment, recommendation
    injunction, monition, enjoinment, instruction, direction, suggestion, lesson, lecture, precept
    advice, counsel, guidance, urging, encouragement, persuasion, pressure

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French amonition, from Latin admonitio(n-) ‘(cautionary) reminder’ (see admonish).

Definition of admonition in US English:

admonition

nounˌadməˈniSH(ə)nˌædməˈnɪʃ(ə)n
  • An act or action of admonishing; authoritative counsel or warning.

    the old judge's admonition to the jury on this point was particularly weighty
    Example sentencesExamples
    • His admonitions on their shortcomings shamed them but did not change them.
    • Nor would they have listened to my admonition to refrain from any but nonviolent protests.
    • Verse 35 even condemns them as the archetypal mischief-makers who ignored the admonitions of earlier prophets.
    • He then went ahead with settlement building in spite of government admonitions.
    • We are all against the present US administration's heavy-handed admonitions to reform.
    • Does anyone out there still heed the old admonition, If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all?
    • Yet one of his subordinates and eventual successor, had experienced similar admonitions from a judge in 1994.
    • Butler thus condemns the naive admonitions of the historically privileged.
    • Following written statements, verbal admonitions are given, software is used, and course instructors reinforce Chat limitation guidelines.
    • In the week after he wrote that memo, he broke his own admonition about discussing the investigation with people outside the company.
    • Given that history, his admonition to the party essentially amounts to this: Do as I say, not as I did.
    • She paid no heed to the admonitions of the trial judge.
    • In our times, this message has far more resonance than a straightforward official admonition to shape up.
    • This new admonition, new warning from the government just came today.
    • I don't think that will happen given just how strident the given all the judge's previous admonitions to this panel.
    • Maybe they should take another look at the Bible and its admonition that we shall be judged by what we do for the least among us.
    • The regular use of this second comma is one of the early admonitions of our old friends Strunk and White, who tell us that the second comma is often referred to as the ‘serial’ comma.
    • He mostly responded with admonitions and rebukes, only occasionally being pushed to think through an issue afresh, on the basis of his new Christian principles.
    • In spite of that admonition, Fichman's book is not a conventional, chronological biography.
    • Set against all these worries, the perks of a few quid in government money and the admonition that you need kids to support you in your old age is not exactly convincing.
    Synonyms
    reprimand, rebuke, reproof, remonstrance, reproach, admonishment, stricture, lecture, criticism, recrimination, tirade, diatribe, philippic, harangue, attack
    exhortation, warning, caution, caveat, piece of advice, admonishment, recommendation

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French amonition, from Latin admonitio(n-) ‘(cautionary) reminder’ (see admonish).

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