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
castigated — past of castigate
痛斥;严厉批评;对......施以严厉惩罚;严厉谴责;惩罚;苛评
to punish someone severely
对......施以严厉惩罚
inflict severe punishment on
严厉谴责
censure severely
一般现在时
The teacher castigates students who cheat.
老师惩罚作弊的学生。
一般过去时
The manager castigated the team for poor performance.
经理因表现不佳而严厉批评了团队。
现在进行时
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。
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.
那位评论家严厉批评每一部未达到他高标准的新电影。
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.
首席执行官正在严厉训斥销售团队本季度的糟糕表现。
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。
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。
比 castigate 更书面,多指官方或公开的指责,一般不涉及惩罚;castigate 语气更强,可含“严惩”义。
比 castigate 常见,语气稍轻;也可指“体罚”,与 castigate 的“严厉谴责”义不完全对等。
强调当场、当面地制止或批评,语气比 castigate 稍弱;通常不包含惩罚义。
多用于正式场合或机构内,带官方/职务色彩;castigate 没有这种固定使用场景。
非正式、口语,多用于父母对孩子等;强度低于 castigate,castigate 很正式且语气重。
grammar · medium
易错句子The teacher castrated the student for being late.
正确表达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。
grammar · medium
易错句子He castigated on his subordinate for the mistake.
正确表达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。
针对 castigate 的‘严厉谴责’义项;若要表达‘严惩’的相反,用 reward。
针对 castigate 的‘严惩’义项;不能用于表达‘批评’的相反。
punish强调施加惩罚本身,常指具体处罚;castigate更侧重严厉批评或惩罚,带有公开指责意味。
criticize指指出缺点或错误,不一定有惩罚含义;castigate则强调严厉批评甚至带有惩罚性。
chastise与castigate拼写和意思相近,但chastise多指口头责备或轻微惩罚,castigate语气更强,常指公开严厉斥责。
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。
词根,源自拉丁语 castigare;同根词:castigation(n. 谴责)、castigator(n. 谴责者)
后缀,构成动词;同后缀词:motivate, activate
常作修饰语,表示谴责或惩罚的程度很重。
castigate 常出现在公开批评的语境中,表示当众谴责。
媒体是常见的施动者,报道中常说媒体严厉谴责某人或某事。
官员既可能是被谴责的对象,也可能是发出谴责的主体。
失败、失误等常是遭到严厉谴责的原因。
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