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发音：[rɪˈpruf]
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例句：
- Reproof means an expression of disapproval or criticism for a fault or mistake made by someone, often with the intention of correcting or improving their behavior.
- In fact, they have continued to insist on their right to debate and challenge church teaching, which has resulted in the Vatican’s reproof.
- The Book of Acts describes Christians’ first book-burning celebration as a big success, but in the modern age, highly publicized reproof seems to spark a tremendous rise in sales.
- In fact, Zuckerberg’s reproof was directed at another board member, Marc Andreessen, for an ill-advised series of tweets that appeared to express nostalgia for colonial rule of India.
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解释：
- Reproof做名词使用，其表示“an often public or formal expression of disapproval”这一含义，即“反对/反驳/谴责/非难/指责”，与condemnation/rebuke/disapproval这些单词构成近义词。
- 具体使用场景如下：
- At the same time he never hesitated to express his opinion in “plain language”, and from him the fiery Prince seems to have accepted both counsel and reproof, without resentment.（同时，他毫不犹豫地用“通俗易懂的语言”表达自己的意见，从他那里，热情的王子似乎接受了劝告和责备，没有怨恨。)
—Arts - Had he been as haughty and ill-natured as some savages, the result might have been disastrous, but he took the reproof meekly and mended his manners instead of retaliating.（如果他像一些野蛮人一样傲慢和心怀不轨，结果可能是灾难性的，但他温顺地接受了指责，并纠正了他的举止而不是报复。）
—Culture - Not long after Russia invaded Ukraine, the Democratic Socialists of America released a statement that drew instant reproof.（俄罗斯入侵乌克兰后不久，美国民主社会主义者发表了一份声明，立即引起了谴责。）
—News - Britain’s abolition of slavery in 1807 was partly a reproof, a counterdemonstration, England’s own bloodless revolution.（英国在1807年废除奴隶制，部分是一种反驳，一种反示威，是英国自己的不流血革命。）
—History
