earful

英 [ˈɪəfʊl]

美 [ˈɪrfʊl]

n.  长时间的斥责(或牢骚)

BNC.43035 / COCA.26089

牛津词典

noun

• 长时间的斥责（或牢骚）
  if sb gives you an earful , they tell you for a long time how angry they are about sth

柯林斯词典

• N-SING （长时间的）训斥，数落
  If you say that you gotan earful, you mean that someone spoke angrily to you for quite a long time.
  1. I bet Sue gave you an earful when you got home.
     我敢说你到家时休肯定训了你一顿。

英英释义

noun

• a severe scolding
  Synonym:castigationbawling outchewing outupbraidinggoing-overdressing down
• an outpouring of gossip

双语例句

• It might be tempting to give the boss an earful if you land a new job in the coming months.
  如果你在今后几个月里找到了新的工作，离职前向现任老板发顿牢骚或许听起来很诱人。
• You can just image the earful he gave her when they got home.
  不难想象等他们回家后，他会怎样斥责她。
• If he comes and bothers you again, I'll give him an earful.
  如果他再来烦你，我会教训他一顿。
• The weather and climate conditions have resulted in serious disasters to the agriculture production in the whole country this year. They can expect an earful on what the slump is doing economically.
  本年度天气气候条件对全国农业生产属重灾年景。他们将因商业不景气对经济所产生的影响而受到严厉的训斥。
• Almost everyone in the circle caught an earful of Rick's words, and the usual evening's chatter abruptly ceased.
  几乎圈子中的每一个人都听到了瑞克惊人的回答，在旁晚时分，往常那喋喋不休的谈话戛然而止。
• If anyone touched him, they'd get an earful.
  要是谁敢碰他一下，准会挨一顿臭骂。
• When talent management consultants development dimensions international quizzed more than 2,000 newly hired employees about strange questions they had fielded in job interviews, the researchers got an earful.
  人才管理咨询公司美国智睿咨询有限公司（DevelopmentDimensionsInternational）调查了2000多名最近被聘用的员工，询问他们在面试过程中遇到的奇怪问题，结果调查人员收集了一大堆问题。
• Her mom gave her an earful when she came home late at night.
  她很晚才回家，被妈妈训了一顿。
• He gave me an earful of complaints about his new boss.
  他滔滔不绝向我抱怨他的新老板。
• I get an earful [ from them] every day.
  每天我都是在他们的牢骚声中度过的。