re·mon·strate /ˈrɛmənˌstret, rɪˈmɑn-/
 (vi.)表示異議,抗議,責備(vt.)抗議地說


 Re·mon·strate v. t. [imp. & p. p. Remonstrated p. pr. & vb. n. Remonstrating.]  To point out; to show clearly; to make plain or manifest; hence, to prove; to demonstrate. [Obs.]
    I will remonstrate to you the third door.   --B. Jonson.


 Re·mon·strate, v. i. To present and urge reasons in opposition to an act, measure, or any course of proceedings; to expostulate; as, to remonstrate with a person regarding his habits; to remonstrate against proposed taxation.
    It is proper business of a divine to state cases of conscience, and to remonstrate against any growing corruptions in practice, and especially in principles.   --Waterland.
 Syn: -- Expostulate, Remonstrate.
 Usage: These words are commonly interchangeable, the principal difference being that expostulate is now used especially to signify remonstrance by a superior or by one in authority. A son remonstrates against the harshness of a father; a father expostulates with his son on his waywardness. Subjects remonstrate with their rulers; sovereigns expostulate with the parliament or the people.

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 remonstrate
      v 1: argue in protest or opposition
      2: present and urge reasons in opposition [syn: point out]
      3: censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child
         for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the
         Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for
         bringing cold soup" [syn: call on the carpet, rebuke,
         rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw,
          dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, {bawl
         out, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast]