expostulate

• vi.注意する、警告する、忠告する。

ex-、外に向かって。-post、要求する、議論する、語源的にはpostulateと同じ、祈る。

expostulate (v.)

1530s, "to demand, to claim," from Latin expostulatus, past participle of expostulare "to demand urgently, remonstrate, find fault, dispute, complain of, demand the reason (for someone's conduct)," from ex- "from" (see ex-) + postulare "to demand" (see postulate (v.)). Friendlier sense of "to reason earnestly (with someone) against a course of action, etc." is first recorded in English 1570s. Related: Expostulated; expostulating.

1. For a moment I thought she was going to exposturate .

その瞬間、彼女は異議を唱えると思った。

2.She exposturate with her husband about his habit of smoking in bed.

彼女は夫がよくベッドでタバコを吸っていることに抗議した。

3.The father exposturate with his son about the foolishness of leaving school.

父親は、子供が学校をやめる愚かな行為について忠告した。

4.They exposturate with him about the risk involve in his plan.

彼らは彼の計画にリスクがあると指摘し、放棄を勧めた。

5.He wanted to plunge in and expostulate with her.

彼は単刀直入になりたいと思って、彼女に忠告した。