reprove

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ɹɪˈpɹuːv/   

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To express disapproval. intransitive
  2. To prove again. transitive
    — As we've just learned, as long as we live in the manifest realm, a hero's journey is never over. We are constantly having to reprove ourselves.
  3. To criticise, rebuke, or reprimand (someone), usually in a gentle and kind tone. transitive
    — Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
  4. To deny or reject (as a feeling, behaviour, action, etc.). transitive
    — She ached to be with Affad again – and to reprove the feeling she frowned and bit her lip.

词形变化

reproves present,singular,third-person reproving participle,present reproved participle,past reproved past reproves present,singular,third-person reproving participle,present reproved past reproved participle,past reproven participle,past,rare re-prove alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
reproof reprovable reproval reproveable reprovement unreproved

词源

词源 1
From Middle English repreven, reproven, from Anglo-Norman reprover, Middle French reprouver, from Latin reprobāre. Doublet of reprobate.
词源 2
From re- + prove.
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