詞彙精選：admonish的用法和辨析

一、詳細釋義：

v.

勸告，告誡，訓誡 [T]

例句：

Mr Mreen admonish me for drinking too much.

格林先生警告我喝酒太多了。

例句：

Admonish your friends privately, but praise them openly.

要私下告誡朋友，但是要公開誇獎朋友。

（溫和地）責備，輕責 [T]

例句：

In this strain Mrs. Trenor continued for nearly an hour to admonish her friend.

雷諾太太用這種口吻繼續對她的朋友數落了幾乎一小時。

例句：

They admonished me for taking risks with my health.

他們責備我不應拿自己的健康冒險。

二、詞義辨析：

advise,caution,warn,admonish,counsel

這些動詞均有“勸告、忠告、警告”之意。advise普通用詞，泛指勸告，不涉及對方是否聽從勸告。caution主要指針對有潛在危險而提出的警告，含小心從事的意味。warn含義與caution相同，但語氣較重，尤指重後果。admonish一般指年長者或領導對已犯錯誤的或有過失的人提出的忠告或警告以避免類似錯誤。counsel正式用詞，語氣比advise強一些，側重指對重要問題提出的勸告、建議或諮詢。

三、參考例句：

Mr Mreen admonish me for drinking too much.

格林先生警告我喝酒太多了。

Admonish your friends privately, but praise them openly.

要私下告誡朋友，但是要公開誇獎朋友。

Admonish your friends in private, praise them in public.

在私底下要忠告你的朋友，在公開場合又表揚你的朋友。

You may admonish your children in the presence of others, but your wife, only in privacy.

當面教子，背後教妻。

The ethics committee may take a decision to admonish him or to censure him.

道德委員會也許會決定對他進行訓誡或是嚴厲譴責。

In this strain Mrs. Trenor continued for nearly an hour to admonish her friend.

雷諾太太用這種口吻繼續對她的朋友數落了幾乎一小時。

In dealing with the people who violate the rules of the court, the people's court may admonish them to leave the court, fine or detain them.

人民法院對違反法庭規則的人，可以責令他們退出法庭或者予以罰款、拘留。