The safety officer would admonish any visitor who neglected to fasten the laboratory's protective goggles before entering the test chamber.
安全官员会告诫任何在进入测试室前忘记系好实验室护目镜的访客。
Which choice best defines “admonish”?
C — To warn or reprove gently.. “admonish” means To warn or reprove gently..
Which word means “To warn or reprove gently.”?
C — admonish. “admonish” means To warn or reprove gently..
admonish — To warn or reprove gently.. In Chinese: 告诫；劝诫；轻责.
admonish is pronounced //ədˈmɒnɪʃ//.
The safety officer would admonish any visitor who neglected to fasten the laboratory's protective goggles before entering the test chamber. (安全官员会告诫任何在进入测试室前忘记系好实验室护目镜的访客。)
warn, caution, reprove — all close in meaning to admonish (To warn or reprove gently.).
praise, encourage — each the opposite of admonish (To warn or reprove gently.).
Yes. admonish is on the SAT Prep Difficult list — the higher-register words that decide the hard questions. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
ad- + mon(警告) → 提出警告 → 告诫。