Word · Frequency #19213
berate
痛斥;严厉责备
核心释义
to scold or criticize someone angrily
- 1.
激烈地责骂或斥责。
To chide or scold vehemently.
激烈地责骂或斥责。;严责
用法In use
The manager often berates the staff for minor mistakes.
用法提示:berates 是及物动词,表示习惯性的严厉责备。
She berated her son for coming home late without calling.
用法提示:berated 是过去式,表示过去发生的严厉斥责。
He was berating the delivery driver for the damaged package.
用法提示:berating 是现在分词,表示正在进行的严厉责备。
berate someone
The teacher berated the student.
老师严责了那个学生。
berate someone for something
She berated him for his rudeness.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- berate someone for something
- 因某事痛斥某人
- The coach berated the players for their careless mistakes.教练因队员们的粗心失误痛斥了他们。
- berate oneself for
- 因……自责
- She berated herself for missing the deadline.她因错过最后期限而自责。
- publicly berate
- 公开痛斥
- It was wrong of him to publicly berate the intern.他公开痛斥实习生的做法是错误的。
- harshly berate
- 严厉斥责
- The boss harshly berated the team for the failed launch.老板因产品发布失败严厉斥责了团队。
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
berate 听起来像 be rate(被打低分),考试被评低分时被老师激烈责骂,记住这个画面。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域:formal 常见场景:正式演讲、书面报道、公开批评 berate 比较正式,多用于正式演讲、书面报道或公开批评中;在日常口语场合较少使用。
语法说明Grammar Note
常用于 berate sb for sth 结构
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
所列词与 berate 的末尾 /reɪt/ 押韵:rate、crate、grate、irate、late、state 中的 -ate 均读 /eɪt/;irate 与 berate 一样重音在后。注意拼写相同的 -ate 不一定都读 /eɪt/,例如 private /ˈpraɪvɪt/、chocolate /ˈtʃɒklət/ 中的 -ate 读 /ɪt/ 或 /ət/,不要照拼写类推。
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1,建议结合例句记忆,而不是只背中文释义。
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