admonish: [14] In Middle English times this verb was amoneste. It came, via Old French amonester, from an assumed Vulgar Latin verb *admonestāre, an alteration of Latin admonēre (monēre meant ‘warn’, and came from the same source as English mind). The prefix ad- was reintroduced from Latin in the 15th century, while the -ish ending arose from a mistaken analysis of -este as some sort of past tense inflection; the t was removed when producing infinitive or present tense forms, giving spellings such as amonace and admonyss, and by the 16th century this final -is had become identified with and transformed into the more common -ish ending. => mind
admonish (v.)
mid-14c., amonesten "remind, urge, exhort, warn, give warning," from Old French amonester (12c.) "urge, encourage, warn," from Vulgar Latin *admonestare, from Latin admonere "bring to mind, remind, suggest;" also "warn, advise, urge," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + monere "advise, warn" (see monitor (n.)).
The -d- was restored on Latin model. The ending was influenced by words in -ish (such as astonish, abolish). Related: Admonished; admonishing.
双语例句
1. The ethics committee may take a decision to admonish him or to censure him.
道德委员会也许会决定对他进行训诫或是严厉批评。
来自柯林斯例句
2. In this strain Mrs. Trenor continued for nearly an hour to admonish her friend.
雷诺太太用这种口吻继续对她的朋友数落了几乎一小时.
来自辞典例句
3. Practically or ethically, we cannot simply admonish them to not clear forest.
不管是基于实际上或道德上的考量, 我们都不能单只责备这些人、叫他们不准砍伐森林.
来自互联网
4. Admonish your friend in secret , commend him in public.
规友私室,赞友公堂.
来自互联网
5. I will tactfully admonish him not to behave like this again.
