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chastise

/chas-tahyz, chas-tahyz/US // tʃæsˈtaɪz, ˈtʃæs taɪz //UK // (tʃæsˈtaɪz) //

责罚,责备,责骂,督责

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    chas·tised, chas·tis·ing.

    • : to discipline, especially by corporal punishment.
    • : to criticize severely.
    • : Archaic. to restrain; chasten.
    • : Archaic. to refine; purify.

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Examples

  • It’s quite revealing how Ann Coulter chastised the Clinton camp for branding Paula Jones trailer trash, only to turn around and call her trailer trash when she posed for Playboy.

  • So, I accepted the job, packed up my life and moved to a new city, feeling grateful for the opportunity and chastising myself for not asking for even a tiny, ego-preserving salary bump.

  • Many on the right are chastising critical race theory and challenging whether such a thing as systemic racism exists.

  • Hunt’s cousin, William Spencer, chastised Welker in a private letter.

  • Harvard professor Cornel West and his co-author chastised Howard’s removal of their classics department, deeming it a “spiritual catastrophe.”

  • When it appears it is largely used to chastise transsexuals and to promote celibacy.

  • We ask our celebrities to pour their hearts out, and then chastise them if they stain our buttoned-up shirts.

  • Various social-media sites and platforms have begun to chastise the new sports darling for, of all things, the upkeep of her hair.

  • A husband cannot chastise his wife, but he may use force to restrain her from committing a violent criminal wrong.

  • And therefore he never withdraweth his mercy from us: but though he chastise his people with adversity he forsaketh them not.

  • Fearing for the safety of Galway, Sidney prepared to chastise the rebels in person.

  • My opinion was that half a dozen lackeys should be sent to chastise monsieur, but mademoiselle decided otherwise.

  • He would have given much to be able to chastise the insolent Englishman then and there.