expostulation
n[U, C]
(making a) protest; reasoned persuasion, etc 抗议; 规劝; 劝戒
My expostulation(s) had no effect. 我提出的劝告毫无作用.
🗣️ 情景例句
Right.
对。
Youth looks forward and age backward.
青年人向前看,老年人向后看。
Men, particularly, spend hours of their leisure time installing their own fireplaces, laying out their own gardens; building garages and making furniture.