berate

berate

英 [bɪ'reɪt]
　　美 [bɪ'ret]

vt. 嚴責；申斥

中文詞源：

berate 痛斥

前綴be-, 強調。rate, 責備，古詞，同拉丁詞reputare, 反復考量，詞源同reputation, 名聲。

例句：

1. She began to berate the police for paying scant attention to the theft from her car.
她開始痛斥警方對她車內被竊一案不夠關註。

2. He feared she would berate him for his forgetfulness.
他擔心,由於健忘又要挨她的訓斥瞭.

3. She might have taken the opportunity to berate scientists for their closed mind.
她也許會利用這個機會斥責那些抱成見的科學傢.

4. She might have taken the opportunity to berate scientists for their closed minds.
她也可能會去利用這個機會斥責那些抱成見的科學傢.

5. But to ban them and berate them seems doubly dippy.
但是禁止或者嚴厲指著他們看起來是不理智的.