remonstrate
英 ['rem?nstre?t]
美[r?'mɑnstret]
- vt. 責備，告誡；抗議；表示異議
- vi. 抗議，反對；進諫；告誡
英英釋意
- 1. argue in protest or opposition
- 2. present and urge reasons in opposition
- 3. censure severely or angrily;
- "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"
- "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"
- "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"