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单词 upbraid
释义
upbraid
verb[T]
formal
uk
/ʌpˈbreɪd/us
/ʌpˈbreɪd/
toforcefullyorangrilytellsomeone they should not have done aparticularthing andcriticizethem for having done it:
申斥，责骂，训斥
Innewspaperarticlessheconsistentlyupbraided those inauthoritywhooversteppedtheirlimits.在报载文章里，她不断谴责那些越权行事的当权者。
Synonyms
reprimandformal
reproach
ticksomeoneoff(SPEAK SEVERELY)UKinformal
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Chastising & rebuking
  • admonitory
  • barracking
  • bawl
  • bawlsomeoneout
  • be a reproach tosomeone/somethingidiom
  • carpet
  • chasten
  • keelhaul
  • lambaste
  • lecture
  • pull
  • pullsomeoneup
  • punchbag
  • punching bag
  • putsomeoneintheirplaceidiom
  • reproach
  • reproachful
  • shame
  • tear
  • there'll be hell to payidiom
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(Definition ofupbraidfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofupbraid

upbraid
He said that a man who was once wandering over a large estate was accosted by the owner and upbraided.
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I shall go hot foot from this debate to my local authority to—upbraidis not quite the word—ask it for a little more information.
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I will strive to do so today by indicating that she upbraided me for saying that the amendments would create a barrier.
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In fact, the report stated that the magistrates should be publicly upbraided.
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I was upbraided earlier for some lax draftsmanship in my amendment.
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I often had toupbraidthe navy for treating them as badly as they do when it comes to money.
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He upbraided me for not having mentioned rate-capping.
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He would be right toupbraidus if we had wished to extend the limitation to contract services of the type already discussed.
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I recall being upbraided some years ago by an older councillor who accused me of poking my nose into matter which should not worry me.
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I am reminded of the cavalryman who was upbraided by his senior officer because he was wearing only one spur.
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He was upbraided by the authorities of the hospital.
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I fully expect to be upbraided or criticised, but they say that they are against the proposal too.
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Therefore, he is being a little naughty in upbraiding me.
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At any rate, he hauled the deputation pretty severely over the coals, and, among other things, he upbraided them for not being sufficiently grateful.
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He upbraided me gently with suggesting that, after all, only one type was ultimately attractive.
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