expostulate

柯林斯词典

1. V-T/V-I If you expostulate, you express strong disagreement with someone. 反駁; 爭辯[正式]
"For heaven's sake!" Dot expostulated. "They're cheap and they're useful."
“看在老天的份上！”多特反駁道。“他們便宜而且他們有用。”
For a moment I thought she was going to expostulate. 我一度認爲她要爭辯。
His family expostulated with him. 他的家人反駁他。