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berate someone
The teacher berated the student.
老师严责了那个学生。
痛斥；严厉责备
berated — past of berate
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痛斥；严厉责备
to scold or criticize someone angrily
The teacher berated the student.
老师严责了那个学生。
激烈地责骂或斥责。
To chide or scold vehemently.
berate
Base
原形
berates
3rd person
第三人称单数
berating
-ing
现在分词
berated
Past
过去式
berated
Past participle
过去分词
She berates her children for being late.
她因孩子们迟到而严责他们。
The manager berated the employee for the mistake.
经理因那个错误严厉斥责了员工。
He has berated his team repeatedly.
他多次严责他的团队。
规则变化动词，意为严责、怒斥。
The manager often berates the staff for minor mistakes.
经理经常因为小错误而严责员工。
She berated her son for coming home late without calling.
她因为儿子晚归没打电话而严责了他。
He was berating the delivery driver for the damaged package.
他正在严责送货司机，因为包裹损坏了。
The teacher berated the student.
老师严责了那个学生。
She berated him for his rudeness.
她因他的无礼而怒斥他。
He berated her for arriving late.
他因她迟到而严厉斥责她。
Not this
He berated to me yesterday.
Use this
He berated me yesterday.
berate 是及物动词，后直接跟宾语，不需要介词 'to'。中文中“对…严责”的“对”导致误加 'to'。
Not this
She berated on him for being late.
Use this
She berated him for being late.
berate 是及物动词，后直接跟宾语，不需要介词 'on'。中文中“对…严责”的“对”也可能被误译为 'on'。
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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。
因……自责
She berated herself for missing the deadline.
她因错过最后期限而自责。
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。
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。
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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。
常用于 berate sb for sth 结构
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