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This is an adjective. It describes a warning, or a look, voice, finger, letter, or tone that shows of someone’s behaviour. An admonitory look is the one a teacher gives when they are not shouting, but you know you are in trouble. You do not ‘give an admonitory’ the way you give an admonition; you speak in an admonitory way, or send an admonitory note. It is formal and . You will almost never hear it in the playground; you will see it in novels and news. Though actually, the feeling itself is ordinary — every family has that voice — we just don’t reach for this long word when we talk.
告誡的；帶訓誡意味的
組成From Latin admonitōrium (‘admonition, reminder’), the same family as admonish. In English it is the adjective: ‘of the warning kind.’
同家族的字
- admonishthe verb: to warn or tell someone off
- admonitionthe noun for the warning itself
原始詞典資料1 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。
admonitoryadj/ədˈmɑnɪˌtɔɹi/
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Of or pertaining to an admonition; serving to reprove, warn or advise.
- He wagged an admonitory finger at the culprit.
- Wherefore the naturall measure wherby to iudge our doings, is the sentence of reason, determining and setting downe what is good to be done. Which sentence is either mandatory, shewing what must be done; or else permissiue, declaring onely what may be done; or thirdly admonitorie, opening what is the most conuenient for vs to doe.
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。