Wordiyoreprove
🇬🇧 UK/ri'pru:v/🇺🇸 US
GREB2
Definitions
v.
To rebuke or criticize someone, usually in a gentle and kind manner.
责备；批评；温和地指责
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derivedCommon Collocations
- 1.gently reprove温和地责备
- 2.sternly reprove严厉地批评
- 3.[reprove someone for something]因某事责备某人
- 4.reprove a child责备孩子
Example Sentences
- 1.
The manager reproved the employee for repeatedly arriving late to meetings.
- 2.
She gently reproved her son for speaking rudely to their guests.