Exhort

(v. t.) To incite by words or advice; to animate or urge by arguments, as to a good deed or laudable conduct; to address exhortation to; to urge strongly; hence, to advise, warn, or caution.

(v. i.) To deliver exhortation; to use words or arguments to incite to good deeds.

(n.) Exhortation.

整理:普雷斯利

• Go and suspect and exhort and intervene and denounce and butcher some other place and leave my staff alone. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• A Pestalozzi could try experiments and exhort philanthropically inclined persons having wealth and power to follow his example. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• Almost always, of course, the decision is entirely a practical one, which means that each section of people is exhorted to practice the commandment it likes the most. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• For many years, he said, I have exhorted you in vain, with gentleness, preaching, praying, and weeping. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The agitation has a curious sterility: the people are exhorted to control their own government, but they are given very little advice as to what they are to do with it when they control it. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• We exhorted him to be resolute in this, and left my aunt to observe him. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Hereupon Startop took him in hand, though with a much better grace than I had shown, and exhorted him to be a little more agreeable. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Mr. Bucket came out again, exhorting the others to be vigilant, darkened his lantern, and once more took his seat. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Lawrence Grills, exhorting that gentleman to save the brand who honoured the letter from the burning. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• He paced the apartment to and fro, now vainly exhorting the terrified maiden to compose herself, now hesitating concerning his own line of conduct. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.

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