exhortation

英

美 [ˌɛgˌzɔrˈteɪʃən]

n.  讲道词，训词；劝告

复数：exhortations　

BNC.14140 / COCA.17272

柯林斯词典

• VERB 规劝;劝诫;劝告
  If youexhortsomeonetodo something, you try hard to persuade or encourage them to do it.
  1. Kennedy exhorted his listeners to turn away from violence...
     肯尼迪劝诫听众远离暴力。
  2. He exhorted his companions, 'Try to accomplish your aim with diligence'.
     他劝诫同伴说：“要通过勤奋努力实现自己的目标。”

英英释义

noun

• a communication intended to urge or persuade the recipients to take some action
• the act of exhorting
  Synonym:incitement

双语例句

• The book is essentially an exhortation to religious toleronce.
  这本书根本上是鼓励宗教容忍。
• Clergymen paused in the street to address words of exhortation, that brought a crowd, with its mingled grin and frown, around the poor, sinful woman.
  牧师会在街心停住脚步，对她规劝一番，还会招来一群人围任这可怜的有罪的女人，对她又是嘻笑，又是蹙额。
• We clung to an exhortation Dennis made at the conference to not allow divorce to be an option in our marriage.
  我们紧紧抓住丹尼斯在大会中说的一句讲道词不放&“不允许离婚发生在我们的婚姻上”。
• It was only the latest such exhortation.
  这只是最新的此类训诫。
• His father's exhortation is lost on him and he does as it was.
  他父亲的规劝没起作用，他还是和过去一样。
• In the past golden ages of philanthropy, exhortation from the pulpit, if nothing else, reminded the very wealthy of their duty towards the poor; self-preservation was at stake not just in this world, but in the next one.
  在从前慈善事业的黄金时代，来自教堂神职人员的劝诫（如果没有其它的话）会提醒富豪：他们对穷人负有责任；自卫本能不仅在当今世界，而且在未来都岌岌可危。
• And I beseech you, brethren, suffer the word of exhortation: for I have written a letter unto you in few words.
  弟兄们，我略略写给你们，望你们听我劝勉的话。
• Until I arrive, attend to the reading, 7 exhortation, and teaching.
  直到我来时，你要专务宣读、劝勉和教导。
• Our Lord's exhortation in these verses is to be generous in our behaviour to all men.
  我们的主在这些经文里的劝诫就是要我们在行为上对所有人宽宏大量。
• Mere exhortation is not enough.
  仅仅进行劝导是不够的。