词汇精选：admonish的用法和辨析

一、详细释义：

v.

劝告，告诫，训诫 [T]

例句：

Mr Mreen admonish me for drinking too much.

格林先生警告我喝酒太多了。

例句：

Admonish your friends privately, but praise them openly.

要私下告诫朋友，但是要公开夸奖朋友。

（温和地）责备，轻责 [T]

例句：

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。

例句：

They admonished me for taking risks with my health.

他们责备我不应拿自己的健康冒险。

二、词义辨析：

advise,caution,warn,admonish,counsel

这些动词均有“劝告、忠告、警告”之意。advise普通用词，泛指劝告，不涉及对方是否听从劝告。caution主要指针对有潜在危险而提出的警告，含小心从事的意味。warn含义与caution相同，但语气较重，尤指重后果。admonish一般指年长者或领导对已犯错误的或有过失的人提出的忠告或警告以避免类似错误。counsel正式用词，语气比advise强一些，侧重指对重要问题提出的劝告、建议或咨询。

三、参考例句：

Mr Mreen admonish me for drinking too much.

格林先生警告我喝酒太多了。

Admonish your friends privately, but praise them openly.

要私下告诫朋友，但是要公开夸奖朋友。

Admonish your friends in private, praise them in public.

在私底下要忠告你的朋友，在公开场合又表扬你的朋友。

You may admonish your children in the presence of others, but your wife, only in privacy.

当面教子，背后教妻。

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谴责。

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。

In dealing with the people who violate the rules of the court, the people's court may admonish them to leave the court, fine or detain them.

人民法院对违反法庭规则的人，可以责令他们退出法庭或者予以罚款、拘留。