exhort
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vt. (及物動詞 transitive verb)[+to-v]
1. 規勸;告誡
I exhorted him not to drink too much.
我力勸他不要過度飲酒。
2. 敦促;激勵
The general exhorted his men to fight bravely.
將軍激勵他的士兵要勇敢作戰。
vi. (不及物動詞 intransitive verb)
1. 規勸;告誡
Dictionary.com
–verb (used with object)
1. to urge, advise, or caution earnestly; admonish urgently.
–verb (used without object)
2. to give urgent advice, recommendations, or warnings.
—Synonyms
1, 2. encourage, spur, press, goad.
Spotted exhorting patients in a nursing home ("Live forever! Don't die!"), he's summoned by a Marilyn Monroe look-alike (a luminous Samantha Morton) to a commune in the Scottish Highlands "only for people like us... where everyone is famous, and no one ages."
see extortion exorbitant retinue cohort
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