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chastise sb for sth
The teacher chastised the student for not doing homework.
老师因学生没做作业而责骂了他。
斥责；责骂；严厉批评
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斥责；责骂；严厉批评
To scold or criticize someone severely.
The teacher chastised the student for not doing homework.
老师因学生没做作业而责骂了他。
惩罚,尤指体罚。
To punish, especially by corporal punishment.
严厉批评；斥责。
To castigate; to scold or censure.
chastise
Base
原形
chastises
3rd person
第三人称单数
chastising
-ing
现在分词
chastised
Past
过去式
chastised
Past participle
过去分词
She chastises her students for being late.
她因学生迟到而责骂他们。
He chastised the dog for chewing the shoes.
他因狗咬鞋子而惩罚了它。
The manager has chastised the team for poor performance.
经理因表现不佳而训斥了团队。
规则动词
The teacher chastised the student for not completing the homework.
老师因为学生没有完成作业而责骂了他。
Parents often chastise their children when they misbehave.
父母在孩子行为不当时常常会惩罚他们。
The manager chastised the team for missing the deadline.
经理因团队错过了最后期限而严厉指责他们。
The teacher chastised the student for not doing homework.
老师因学生没做作业而责骂了他。
She chastised her son for lying to her.
她因儿子对她撒谎而责骂了他。
The official was chastised for his negligence.
该官员因玩忽职守而受到惩戒。
Not this
The teacher chastised on the student for being late.
Use this
The teacher chastised the student for being late.
动词chastise是及物动词，直接接宾语，不需要介词on。中文学习者容易受中文“责骂某人”中“对某人”的影响而误加介词。
Not this
He received a harsh chastise from his boss.
Use this
He received a harsh chastisement from his boss.
chastise是动词，名词形式是chastisement。中文学习者可能直接套用动词形式当作名词使用，导致词性错误。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
因某事责备某人
The teacher chastised the student for arriving late.
老师因学生迟到而责备了他。
为某事自责
He chastised himself for not speaking up at the meeting.
他因在会上没有发言而自责。
严厉斥责
The director severely chastised the staff for missing the deadline.
主管因错过最后期限而严厉斥责了员工。
公开斥责
The mayor publicly chastised the company for polluting the river.
市长公开斥责了该公司污染河流的行为。
责罚孩子
It is not wise to chastise a child in public.
当众责罚孩子是不明智的。
我父亲用鞭子惩罚你们，但我将用蝎子鞭惩罚你们。
Rehoboam's threat to chastise the people with scorpions sparked a rebellion.
罗波安威胁要用蝎子鞭惩罚人民，这引发了一场叛乱。
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联想：老师“查”(chá)到错误就罚站斥责——chastise=惩罚、斥责。
语域：formal 常见场景：workplace reprimands、school discipline、formal writing chastise 属正式用语，多用于书面语或正式场合，表示‘严厉批评、斥责’或‘惩罚（尤指体罚）’；语气比较正式、严肃。
advise、surprise、size 与 chastise 押韵（都以 /aɪz/ 结尾）。注意：realize 拼写为 -ize，发音也有 /aɪz/，但重音在首音节，不算完美押韵。promise 和 expertise 虽以 -ise 结尾，但发音分别为 /ˈprɒmɪs/ 和 /ˌekspɜːˈtiːz/，与 /aɪz/ 不同。
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