单词
berate
英 [b?'re?t]
美[b?'ret]
基本信息
- vt. 严责；申斥
GRE低频词畅通词汇
词态变化
第三人称单数:?berates;过去式:?berated;过去分词:?berated;现在分词:?berating;
中文词源
berate 痛斥
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。
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 1. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. He feared she would berate him for his forgetfulness.
- 他担心,由于健忘又要挨她的训斥了.
来自辞典例句
- 3. 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.
来自辞典例句
- 4. 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.
来自辞典例句
- 5. 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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