• vt. 告誡；勸告

前綴ad-, 去，往。詞根mon, 建議，警告，同monitor,班長。

admonish

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.

1. The ethics committee may take a decision to admonish him or to censure him.

道德委員會也許會決定對他進行訓誡或是嚴厲批評。

來自柯林斯例句

2. In this strain Mrs. Trenor continued for nearly an hour to admonish her friend.

雷諾太太用這種口吻繼續對她的朋友數落了幾乎一小時.

來自辭典例句

3. Practically or ethically, we cannot simply admonish them to not clear forest.

不管是基于實際上或道德上的考量, 我們都不能單只責備這些人、叫他們不準砍伐森林.

來自互聯網

4. Admonish your friend in secret , commend him in public.

規友私室,贊友公堂.

來自互聯網

5. I will tactfully admonish him not to behave like this again.

我會婉轉的規誡他不要這樣做.

來自互聯網