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reprimand sb
reprimand 后直接接被训斥的人；如需说明原因，用 for 引出。
The principal reprimanded the student.
校长训斥了那名学生。
训斥；申斥
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训斥；申斥
to rebuke or reprove someone formally or officially
The principal reprimanded the student.
校长训斥了那名学生。
以正式或官方方式训斥。
To reprove in a formal or official way.
正式斥责
rebuke formally
严厉或愤怒地谴责
censure severely or angrily
reprimand
Base
原形
reprimands
3rd person
第三人称单数
reprimanding
-ing
现在分词
reprimanded
Past
过去式
reprimanded
Past participle
过去分词
The manager reprimands employees who are late.
经理训斥迟到的员工。
She reprimanded him for his careless mistake.
她因他的粗心错误而训斥了他。
The teacher has reprimanded the class several times.
老师已经训斥过全班好几次了。
规则动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed。
The teacher reprimanded the student for being late to class.
老师因为学生上课迟到而训斥了他。
She was reprimanded by her boss for making a careless mistake.
她因犯了一个粗心的错误而受到老板的申斥。
The manager will reprimand any employee who violates the safety rules.
经理将训斥任何违反安全规定的员工。
reprimand 后直接接被训斥的人；如需说明原因，用 for 引出。
The principal reprimanded the student.
校长训斥了那名学生。
reprimand 通常表示正式、严厉的斥责，常用于职场、学校或官方场合。
The manager reprimanded the employee for using the office phone for personal calls.
经理因该员工用办公电话打私人电话而训斥了他。
被动语态可用来强调受训斥的一方，适合正式通报或新闻语体。
The officer was reprimanded for negligence.
该军官因玩忽职守而受到训斥。
Not this
The principal reprimanded the student about cheating in the exam.
Use this
The principal reprimanded the student for cheating in the exam.
reprimand 表示“因某事正式训斥某人”时，用 reprimand someone for something，介词 for 引出原因；about 不能用来表示受责备的原因。
Not this
The manager reprimanded to the employee for being late.
Use this
The manager reprimanded the employee for being late.
reprimand 是及物动词，被训斥的人要直接作宾语，不加介词 to；不要受汉语“向/对某人训斥”的影响加 to。
Not this
The teacher reprimanded that the student was careless.
Use this
The teacher reprimanded the student for being careless.
reprimand 后不能接 that 宾语从句；必须先用“人”作宾语，再用 for + 名词/动名词说明训斥的原因。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
因某事训斥某人
The manager reprimanded him for missing the deadline.
经理因他错过了截止日期而训斥了他。
公开训斥某人
She was publicly reprimanded for leaking the report.
她因泄露报告而受到公开训斥。
训斥员工
He reprimanded an employee for using a company phone for personal calls.
他训斥了一名员工用公司电话打私人电话。
责骂孩子
The mother reprimanded her child for running into the street.
那位母亲责骂孩子跑到了马路上。
严厉训斥
The principal severely reprimanded the students who cheated on the exam.
校长严厉训斥了考试作弊的学生。
训斥学生
The teacher reprimanded the student for talking during class.
老师训斥了那个上课说话的学生。
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记忆联想：re + prim(像“严谨”) + and，上级板着严谨的脸再次正式训斥——“正式斥责”。
语域：formal 常见场景：formal workplace、official disciplinary settings reprimand 是正式用词，通常用于上级对下级、官方机构或正式场合的严厉批评，多出现在书面语或正式谈话中；日常口语中较少使用。
The final syllable of reprimand /ˌmænd/ sound-matches command, demand, and remand. Brand shares the final /ænd/ but is spelled -and, not -mand. Beware lookalikes: mandate /ˈmændeɪt/ and random /ˈrændəm/ are spelled with -and/-mand but sound different.
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