berate
berate 英 [bɪˈreɪt] 美 [bɪˈret]
vt. 严责；申斥
进行时:berating 过去式:berated 过去分词:berated 第三人称单数:berates
- A strong verb for harshly cutting someone down with words is berate. "He didn't just correct the cashier who gave him the wrong change, he started to berate her, calling her names in front of the whole store."
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- vt. 严责；申斥
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1. I've been in meetings where the CEO allowed himself to ramble, rant, and berate for a half hour straight.
我参加过这样的会议，总裁允许自己连续半小时地漫谈、咆哮、和严责。
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2. We are used to hearing groups such as Greenpeace berate big energy, yet the truth is that it's now governments who are lagging behind both public and business opinion.
我们常常听到诸如绿色和平之类的组织严厉斥责大型能源项目，然而，事实告诉我们，现在各国政府已经远远落后于公众和商业呼声之后了。
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3. If you observe your own behavior non-judgmentally, but with the constant desire to improve, you will get much farther than if you berate yourself, or excuse or justify your shortcomings.
如果你非判断地观察自己的行为、但带着持续改善的愿望，你将比严责自己、或原谅或替自己的缺点辩护要收获多得多的东西。
- berate (v.) "to scold vehemently," 1540s, from be- "thoroughly" + Middle English rate "to scold" (late 14c.), from Old French reter "accuse, blame," from Latin reputare "reflect upon, reckon, count over," from re- "repeatedly" (see re-) + putare "to judge, suppose, believe, suspect," originally "to clean, trim, prune" (from PIE root *pau- (2) "to cut, strike, stamp"). "Obsolete except in U.S." [OED 1st ed.], but it seems to have revived in Britain 20c. Related: Berated; berating.
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