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To admonish someone is to tell them, quite seriously, that they have done wrong, or to warn them firmly not to do it again. It is stronger and more formal than a playground “tell off,” but it is not a shout and not a punishment by itself — it is the talking-to. Teachers, judges, and news reports all use it. You admonish someone for a mistake, or admonish them to be more careful. The tone is stern. In ordinary speech people more often say warn, tell off, or ; admonish sounds a little old-fashioned when spoken, but it is very much alive in writing and official language. Though actually, it is not only anger: it can be a grave reminder, closer to “I need you to hear this,” than to a rant.
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組成From Middle English a(d)monisshen, from Old French amonester, from Latin admoneō (“to remind, warn”), from ad- + moneō (“to warn, advise”). The -ish is the usual English verb ending, not the “somewhat” -ish of childish.
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- admonitionthe noun: the warning or telling-off itself
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
admonishverb/ədˈmɒn.ɪʃ/
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To inform or notify of a fault; to rebuke in a serious tone; to tell off.
- Better is a poore and a wise child, then an old and foolish king who will no more be admonished.
- And further, by these, my sonne, be admonished: of making many bookes there is no end, and much studie is a wearinesse of the flesh.
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To advise against wrongdoing; to caution; to warn against danger or an offense.
- “You needn’t stray off too far in doin’ it,” his partner admonished. “If that pack ever starts to jump you, them three cartridges’d be wuth no more’n three whoops in hell. Them animals is damn hungry, an’ once they start in, they’ll sure get you, Bill.”
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To instruct or direct.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。