remonstrance
/ri-mon-struhns/US // rɪˈmɒn strəns //UK // (rɪˈmɒnstrəns) //
谏言,针砭时弊,诤言,诤友
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n.名词 noun
- 1
- : an act or instance of remonstrating.
- : a protest: deaf to remonstrances.
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Examples
Instead of obeying, the officers and men held a mass meeting to draft their remonstrance to the Directory.
After an hour's insane remonstrance, he gave in to his own alarm, rather than to the persuasion of his partner.
It is said, perhaps untruly, that his remonstrance to the Prince against his remaining here has been ungentlemanlike and indecent.
Mrs. Lawton, unaccustomed to any remonstrance from her bondwoman, seized a switch and shook it threateningly.
The baron grumbled some remonstrance not heard by Gilbert, but the lackey mounted beside the driver.
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