berate

• vt. 严责；申斥

前缀be-, 强调。rate, 责备，古词，同拉丁词reputare, 反复考量，词源同reputation, 名声。

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"

berate

berate: see rate

berate (v.)

1540s, from be- "thoroughly" + Middle English rate "to scold" (late 14c.), from Old French reter "accuse, blame," from Latin reputare (see reputation). "Obsolete except in U.S." [OED 1st ed.], but it seems to have revived in Britain 20c. Related: Berated; berating.

She began to berate the police for paying scant attention to the theft from her car.

她开始痛斥警方对她车内被窃一案不够关注。

柯林斯例句

He feared she would berate him for his forgetfulness.

他担心,由于健忘又要挨她的训斥了.

辞典例句

She might have taken the opportunity to berate scientists for their closed mind.

她也许会利用这个机会斥责那些抱成见的科学家.

辞典例句

She might have taken the opportunity to berate scientists for their closed minds.

她也可能会去利用这个机会斥责那些抱成见的科学家.

辞典例句

But to ban them and berate them seems doubly dippy.

但是禁止或者严厉指着他们看起来是不理智的.

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He sees the tiger does not escape, berate aloud, the result was eaten by the tiger.

他见老虎不逃, 就大声呵斥, 结果被老虎吃了.

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From that moment on, I knew I would never berate my son for imperfect grades.

从那一刻起, 我知道自己再也不会因为成绩不理想而斥责我的儿子了.

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He is furious urgent, berate big dog: " How use me again ah, you that? "

他生气急了, 呵斥大狗: “ 怎么又用我的啊, 你那个 呢 ? ”

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