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Chastise V Scold French Modern Tʃæs'taiz V.严厉惩罚;谴责 英

单词 chastise
音标 [tʃæs'taiz]
解释 v.严厉惩罚;谴责
红宝书 【英】 v. 严厉惩罚 (to punish by beating);谴责(to scold or condemn)
【记】 发音像中文的 '掐死打死'
【同】 参考:castigate(惩戒 )
【例】 Parents don't chastise their children as much as they used to do.
字源 chastise (v.)
c.1300, chastisen, from Old French chastiier "to warn, advise, instruct; chastise, admonish; punish; dominate, tame" (12c., Modern French châtier), from Latin castigare "to set or keep right, to reprove, chasten, to punish," literally "to make pure" (see castigate). Or perhaps from Middle English chastien (see chasten) + -ise, though this would be early for such a native formation. The form of the modern word "is not easily accounted for" [OED]. Related: Chastised; chastising.
He alone may chastise who loves. [Rabindranath Tagore, "The Crescent Moon," 1913]
不择手段背单词 v. (通过痛打等)严厉惩罚; 严厉批评 = scold = condemn
【记】读: 拆死踢死: 先把四肢拆了, 在暴踢致死-严厉惩罚
趣味全助记 【记】同chasten

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