If you say or do something in reproof, you say or do it to show that you disapprove of what someone has done or said.
例句
She raised her eyebrows in reproof.她豎起眉毛，滿含責備。...a reproof that she responded to right away.她立即作出回應的批評言論
英漢詞典釋義
n.
<正>責備，責難，指責
A smart reproof is better than smooth deceit.嚴厲的責難勝過溫和的欺騙。He is impatient of reproof.他不能忍受指責。
英英詞典釋義
Noun
1. an act or expression of criticism and censure;
"he had to take the rebuke with a smile on his face"
Verb
1. censure severely or angrily;
"The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car""The deputy ragged the Prime Minister""The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"