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- admonish somebody (for something/for doing something) | + speech
to tell somebody strongly and clearly that you do not approve of something that they have done 责备；告诫；警告 - admonish somebody (to do something)
to strongly advise somebody to do something 力劝；忠告
Word OriginMiddle English amonest ‘urge, exhort’, from Old French amonester, based on Latin admonere ‘urge by warning’.