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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。
严惩
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
严惩
to punish someone severely
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。
对......施以严厉惩罚
inflict severe punishment on
严厉谴责
censure severely
castigate
Base
原形
castigates
3rd person
第三人称单数
castigating
-ing
现在分词
castigated
Past
过去式
castigated
Past participle
过去分词
The teacher castigates students who cheat.
老师惩罚作弊的学生。
The manager castigated the team for poor performance.
经理因表现不佳而严厉批评了团队。
The principal is castigating the troublemakers this morning.
校长今天早上正在训斥捣乱者。
castigate为规则动词，变位符合标准规则。
The teacher castigated the student for cheating on the exam.
老师因学生考试作弊而严厉斥责了他。
The critic castigates every new film that fails to meet his high standards.
那位评论家严厉批评每一部未达到他高标准的新电影。
The CEO is castigating the sales team for their poor performance this quarter.
首席执行官正在严厉训斥销售团队本季度的糟糕表现。
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。
用于对事物进行严厉批评，指出其负面性质。
Critics castigated the new policy as a failure.
批评者痛斥新政策为失败之举。
被动语态，强调受批评的对象。
The company was castigated for its environmental record.
该公司因环保记录受到严厉谴责。
Not this
The teacher castrated the student for being late.
Use this
The teacher castigated the student for being late.
Castrate 意为阉割，与 castigate 拼写相似但意义完全不同，学习者常因形近而误用。
Not this
He castigated on his subordinate for the mistake.
Use this
He castigated his subordinate for the mistake.
Castigate 是及物动词，直接接宾语，不需要介词 on。中文表达‘对…惩罚’时常用‘对’，导致学习者误加介词。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
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。
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。
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。
自责
She castigated herself for forgetting her daughter's birthday.
她因忘记女儿的生日而自责。
痛斥政府
The newspaper castigated the government for its failure to act.
该报痛斥政府未能采取行动。
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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。
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.
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