exhortation
【劝告、鼓励或劝说】
exhortation 表示劝告、鼓励或劝说,通常是带有强烈情感和强烈说服力的建议或呼吁。
释义:
exhortation(名词)指的是劝告、鼓励或激励,特别是用言辞去敦促别人做某事,通常带有强烈的情感和期望。这些劝告往往是为别人着想,目的是让他们做出某种改变或采取某种行动。
例句:
- The coach’s exhortations motivated the team to give their best performance.
(教练的鼓励激励了队员们全力以赴。) - The speech was filled with exhortations to the people to work together for the common good.
(这场演讲充满了劝告,呼吁人们为共同的利益而合作。)
词源:
exhortation 来自拉丁语 "exhortari"(意为“鼓励”或“激励”),它本身包含了一个动词意义——通过言辞激发别人行动或改变思维。
总结:
- exhortation = 名词,表示强烈的劝告、鼓励或激励。
- exhortations = 复数形式,表示多次或多种劝告、鼓励的行为或言辞。
与其他词汇的比较:
- advice(建议):更中立、温和,指的是给出帮助性、建设性的建议。
- exhortation(劝告):通常更有感召力和紧迫感,语气较为强烈,目的是促使他人采取行动。
When he failed to heal their disputes by his exhortations, he determined to give them a practical illustration of the evils of disunion; and for this purpose he one day told them to bring him a bundle of sticks.
当他未能通过劝告解决他们的争端时,他决定通过一个实际的例子来说明分裂的祸害;为此,他一天让他们拿来一捆木棒。