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reproachful

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++re·proach·ful /rɪˈprəʊtʃfəl $ -ˈproʊtʃ-/ adjective  BLAMEa reproachful look, remark etc shows that you are criticizing someone or blaming them 〔眼神、话语等〕责备的,谴责的 She gave her daughter a reproachful glance. 她以责备的目光瞥了她女儿一眼。reproachfully adverb
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reproachfulBeautiful, yes, but severe somehow and, to Adam's heightened awareness, reproachful.She shot me a reproachful glance.She was not reproachful, only curious.For too long, we have stared from the moon in reproachful silence at this spectacle.
re·proach·ful adjectiveChineseSyllable
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reproachful
reproachful /rɪˈprəʊtʃfəl $ -ˈproʊtʃ-/ adjective
a reproachful look, remark etc shows that you are criticizing someone or blaming them:
    She gave her daughter a reproachful glance.
—reproachfully adverb


re·proach·fulBrE /ˈprəʊtʃfl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈproʊtʃfl/ 🔊 adjectiveexpressing blame or criticism 表示责备(或批评)的a reproachful look责备的目光 re·proach·ful·ly BrE /rɪˈprəʊtʃfəli/ 🔊NAmE /rɪˈproʊtʃfəli/ 🔊 adverb