berated

英 [bɪˈreɪtɪd]

美 [bɪˈreɪtɪd]

v.  痛斥; 严厉指责
berate的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 怒斥；训斥
  If youberatesomeone, you speak to them angrily about something they have done wrong.
  1. Marion berated Joe for the noise he made.
     玛丽昂严厉斥责乔吵吵闹闹。

双语例句

• Heidi Withers was berated as graceless and unladylike in a vitriolic email from Carolyn Bourne, the stepmother of her future husband Freddie Bourne, a businessman.
  在一封来自未婚夫、商人费雷迪•伯恩继母卡罗琳•伯恩的刻薄邮件中，准新娘海蒂•威瑟斯被指责“粗野”、“不淑女”。
• Tokyo, he says, was berated for years by western policymakers for not writing off its problem loans more quickly and for not taking more drastic monetary policy measures to reflate the economy.
  他表示，多年来，东京受到西方政策制定者的指责，理由是没有更快地核销问题贷款，以及没有采取更激烈的货币政策来复苏经济。
• LONDON: Renowned violinist Kyung-wha Chung has publicly berated the parents of a coughing child during her first performance here in 12 years, shocking the audience and music critics.
  伦敦：著名小提琴家郑京和时隔12年后在伦敦举办首演，她因观众席上一名孩子咳嗽公然责备其父母的举动吓到了观众和乐评人。
• They berated each other for being selfish beseeched the court to grant a reading of the will.
  他们责骂彼此的自私，并恳求法院准许他们阅读一次遗嘱。
• His mother berated him for making a mess.
  他因捣乱而被母亲训斥。
• German consumers, long berated internationally for not playing their part in supporting a global economic recovery, have increased spending at the fastest rate for more than two years, boosted by the government's car scrappage scheme.
  很长时间以来，国际社会一直责怪德国消费者没有起到支持全球经济复苏的作用。如今，受政府旧车换现金计划的推动，德国消费者支出创下了2年多来的最高增幅。
• Their teacher berated them for being late.
  老师因他们迟到而训斥他们。
• A couple of years ago, an investment banker berated me for using the word "murky" to describe the world of structured finance.
  两年前，一位投资银行家严厉指责我使用“一团黑”（murky）来描述结构金融（structuredfinance）业务。
• He neglected key policy areas, most critically the fight against HIV/ Aids, an omission for which he berated himself in retirement.
  他忽视了关键的政策领域，尤其是在抗击艾滋病方面&他在离任后对这一疏漏自责不已。
• Analyzing the candidates 'body language has become as key to deciding the debate's winner as analyzing the rhetoric ( just ask President Obama, who was berated following his sluggish appearance in the first debate).
  分析候选人的肢体语言和分析他们的辩论术一样已经成为判断谁是辩论赢家的关键（只要问一下美国总统奥巴马，在第一场辩论中无精打采的表现后谁被斥责了）。