berate
英 [b?'re?t]
美[b?'ret]
- vt. 嚴責；申斥
GRE低頻詞暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?berates;過去式:?berated;過去分詞:?berated;現(xiàn)在分詞:?berating;
中文詞源
berate 痛斥
前綴be-, 強調(diào)。rate, 責備，古詞，同拉丁詞reputare, 反復考量，詞源同reputation, 名聲。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 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(nèi)被竊一案不夠關(guān)注。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He feared she would berate him for his forgetfulness.
- 他擔心,由于健忘又要挨她的訓斥了.
來自辭典例句
- 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家.
來自辭典例句
- 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家.
來自辭典例句
- 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.
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