objurgate

动词 v.
/ˈɒbd͡ʒəɡeɪt/    /ˈɑbd͡ʒəɹɡeɪt/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To rebuke or scold strongly. transitive
    — He waited and waited, in the faith that Schinkel was dealing with them in his slow, categorical Teutonic way, and only objurgated the cabinetmaker for having in the first place paltered with his sacred trust.[…]
  2. To remonstrate, complain, to rail against. intransitive

词形变化

objurgates present,singular,third-person objurgating participle,present objurgated participle,past objurgated past

词源

Borrowed from Latin obiūrgātus, perfect passive participle of obiūrgō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from ob- (“to, against”) + iūrgō (“to dispute, chide”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti.
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