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admonish sb
The teacher admonished the students.
老师告诫了学生们。
告诫；警告；训诫；劝告
admonishing — present participle of admonish
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
告诫；警告；训诫；劝告
to scold or warn someone firmly; to take someone to task
The teacher admonished the students.
老师告诫了学生们。
告知或通知过错；以严肃的语气责备；训斥
To inform or notify of a fault; to rebuke in a serious tone; to tell off.
劝告不要做坏事；警告；提醒注意危险或罪行
To advise against wrongdoing; to caution; to warn against danger or an offense.
指导或指示
To instruct or direct.
admonish
Base
原形
admonishes
3rd person
第三人称单数
admonishing
-ing
现在分词
admonished
Past
过去式
admonished
Past participle
过去分词
I admonish you to be careful.
我劝你要小心。
He admonished the child.
他训诫了那个孩子。
She is admonishing the students.
她正在训导学生。
They have admonished him before.
他们之前就告诫过他。
规则变化动词
The teacher admonished the students for talking during the lesson.
老师因学生在课上讲话而训诫了他们。
She admonished her younger brother to look both ways before crossing the road.
她告诫弟弟过马路前要左右看看。
The team leader admonishes us to double-check our work before submitting it.
组长告诫我们在提交前要仔细检查工作。
The teacher admonished the students.
老师告诫了学生们。
常用结构，表示劝告某人做某事。
She admonished him to be more careful.
她告诫他要更加小心。
表示因某事责备或警告某人。
He admonished the child for his carelessness.
他因孩子的粗心而训诫了他。
Not this
He admonished.
Use this
He admonished his son.
中文学习者常将'admonish'误用作不及物动词，但实际上它是及物动词，必须后接宾语。
Not this
She admonished that he should leave.
Use this
She admonished him to leave.
中文学习者容易按照中文‘告诫某人应该做某事’的结构使用that从句，但英语中'admonish'的正确搭配是'admonish someone to do something'，即动词+宾语+不定式。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
因某事告诫某人
The teacher admonished the student for being late.
老师因学生迟到而告诫了他。
告诫某人做某事
The coach admonished the players to focus on the game.
教练告诫队员们要专注于比赛。
告诫不要做某事
The doctor admonished against smoking.
医生告诫不要吸烟。
温和地告诫
She gently admonished her son for his rude remark.
她温和地告诫儿子，因为他说话无礼。
严厉地训诫
The judge sternly admonished the witness for lying.
法官严厉地训诫证人作伪证。
当用各样的智慧，把基督的道理丰丰富富地存在心里，用诗章、颂词、灵歌，彼此教导，互相劝戒，心被恩感，歌颂神。
The coach admonished the players for skipping practice.
教练因队员们跳过训练而训斥了他们。
Use admonishing naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把 admonish 拆成 ad + mon(itor)，想象监控器盯着你，发现过错就严肃警告你。
语域：formal 常见场景：正式书面警告、严肃训诫、道德或法律告诫 该词多用于正式场合，如书面警告或上级对下级的严肃训诫，日常口语中比较少见，通常可用 warn 或 tell off 替代。
与 admonish 真正押韵的是 astonish /əˈstɒnɪʃ/，其重读元音 /ɒ/ 及随后的 /nɪʃ/ 完全一致。polish、abolish、vanish、banish、finish 虽都以 -ish 结尾，但重读元音或辅音不同，只是拼写相近，读音并不押韵。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.