exhorted

英 [ɪɡˈzɔːtɪd]

美 [ɪɡˈzɔːrtɪd]

v.  规劝; 敦促; 告诫
exhort的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 规劝;劝诫;劝告
  If youexhortsomeonetodo something, you try hard to persuade or encourage them to do it.
  1. Kennedy exhorted his listeners to turn away from violence...
     肯尼迪劝诫听众远离暴力。
  2. He exhorted his companions, 'Try to accomplish your aim with diligence'.
     他劝诫同伴说：“要通过勤奋努力实现自己的目标。”

双语例句

• Middle managers at Toyota Motor have a new plan to revive sales and morale at the flagging car company: between now and March, some 2,200 of them will be exhorted to buy a new vehicle.
  丰田汽车（ToyotaMotor）中层经理人员为振兴衰退中的汽车销售和士气，提出一项新的计划：从现在开始到三月份，将建议中层经理人员大约2200人购买新车。
• We are constantly exhorted to give 100 per cent – or even a mathematically impossible 110 per cent.
  我们常常被鼓励做到100%完美，甚至110%完美&哪怕这在数学上是不可能的。
• I've given her every chance, I have exhorted her to repent, she is an evil woman.
  我已经给了她一切的机会。我告诫她痛改前非，她真是个邪恶的女人。
• Mr Obama has repeatedly exhorted the need to act to curb global warming but has done little to put his words into action.
  奥巴马曾多次宣称有必要采取行动遏制全球变暖，但迄今没有拿出多少实际行动。
• Rousseau was said to have exhorted "bring me medicine, not the doctor."
  卢梭曾经说过“别给我医生，给我药啊！”
• South African leaders, at several points, exhorted the crowd to be quiet and to show some discipline.
  有几次，南非的数名领导人曾要求人群安静，控制一下自己的行为。
• Pointing to the fragments, the couple is always exhorted to guard jealously the sacred relationship into which they have entered.
  面对这些玻璃碎，就是劝诫一对新人要极力保守他们神圣的夫妻关系。
• They had been exhorted to action.
  已经告诫他们采取行动。
• I exhorted him not to drink too much.
  我力劝他不要过度饮酒。
• Seizing a broom, the prime minister exhorted his compatriots to sweep away the rubbish that is a blight on public spaces, not to mention a health hazard.
  莫迪抓着扫帚，告诫他的同胞要扫掉垃圾，它们是公共场所的祸患，更不用说还危害健康。