An admonition is a warning, or a serious remark that shows you do not like someone’s behaviour. It can be a short ‘don’t do that,’ or a longer, careful piece of advice that still carries blame.

An admonitionadmonition is a warning是一種警告， or或者 a serious remark一句嚴肅的話 that shows you do not like someone's behaviour表示你不喜歡某人的行為。 It它 can be a short可以是短短一句 'don't do that,'「don't do that」， or或也可以是 a longer, careful piece of advice比較長、講得很小心的忠告 that still carries blame但仍然帶著責備意味。

Courts, schools, churches, and newspapers like this word. It feels formal.

Courts法院、 schools學校、 churches教會、 and and newspapers報紙 like this word都喜歡用這個字。 It它 feels formal聽起來很正式。

A doctor might give an admonition about smoking; a judge might give an admonition instead of a harder punishment.

A doctor醫生 might give an admonition about smoking可能會針對抽菸給出一句 admonition； a judge法官 might give an admonition也可能用 admonition instead of a harder punishment來代替比較重的處罰。

Though actually, in daily speech most people just say warning, telling-off, or lecture. It is not always loud or angry: a calm sentence can still be an admonition if the meaning is ‘I disapprove, and you should stop.’

Though actually不過其實， in daily speech在日常口語裡， most people大部分人 just say就只會說 warning, telling-off, or lecturewarning、telling-off，或 lecture。 It它 is not always loud or angry不一定要大聲或生氣： a calm sentence只要是平靜的一句話 can still be an admonition也可以算是 admonition if the meaning is只要意思是 'I disapprove, and you should stop.'「我不贊成，你應該停手」。