chastening

The teacher spent the whole morning chastening the students who had not handed in their homework.

老师花了整个上午惩戒那些没有交作业的学生。

用法提示：chastening 在此为动词现在分词，跟在 spent 后表示“惩戒、管教”。

The unexpected defeat chastened the young player, who started training at six every morning.

意外的失败教训了这位年轻选手，他开始每天早上六点训练。

用法提示：chastened 是 chasten 的过去式，表示“使……受到惩戒、教训”。

She believed in chastening herself with extra practice after each careless mistake.

她相信在每次犯粗心错误后，用额外练习来惩戒自己是值得的。

用法提示：chastening 是动名词，作介词 in 的宾语，表示“惩戒、管教（自己）”。