Word · Frequency #18493
castigate
严惩
核心释义
to punish someone severely
- 1.
对......施以严厉惩罚
inflict severe punishment on
- 2.
严厉谴责
censure severely
痛斥；严厉批评；对......施以严厉惩罚；严厉谴责；惩罚；苛评
用法In use
The teacher castigated the student for cheating on the exam.
用法提示：castigate 在此表示严厉责备或惩罚，体现其惩罚、苛评的含义。
The critic castigates every new film that fails to meet his high standards.
用法提示：castigates 是第三人称形式，表示苛刻的批评，对应苛评义项。
The CEO is castigating the sales team for their poor performance this quarter.
用法提示：castigating 为进行时态，表示正在进行的严厉批评或斥责，强调惩罚性。
castigate sb for sth
常用于指因过错而严厉批评或惩罚。
The teacher castigated the student for cheating on the exam.
老师因考试作弊严厉惩罚了该学生。
castigate sth as sth
用于对事物进行严厉批评，指出其负面性质。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- castigate sb for sth
- 因某事严厉批评某人
- The teacher castigated the student for coming late.老师因学生迟到而严厉批评了他。
- publicly castigate
- 公开痛斥
- The senator was publicly castigated for his offensive remarks.这位参议员因其冒犯性言论而受到公开痛斥。
- severely castigate
- 严厉谴责
- The report severely castigates the company for its poor safety record.这份报告严厉谴责了该公司糟糕的安全记录。
- castigate oneself
- 自责
- She castigated herself for forgetting her daughter's birthday.她因忘记女儿的生日而自责。
- castigate the government
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
把 castigate 拆成 cast（投掷）+ gate（门）：想象把犯错者扔向大门并严厉斥责，记住“严惩、痛斥”。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：正式写作、文学或评论语境 castigate 是正式用词，通常表示严厉批评或严惩，多用于书面语和正式场合，在口语中较少见。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
These words all share the unstressed suffix /-ɪɡeɪt/ and the spelling -igate. None of them rhymes exactly with castigate /ˈkæstɪɡeɪt/: castigate's stressed rime is /-æstɪɡeɪt/, while investigate /ɪnˈvestɪɡeɪt/ and instigate /ˈɪnstɪɡeɪt/ have different stressed vowels, and navigate /ˈnævɪɡeɪt/, though it has /æ/, is followed by /v/ rather than /st/. Use the spelling as a visual clue, not a rhyme clue.
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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