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单词 castigate
释义
castigate
verb[T]
formal
uk
/ˈkæs.tɪ.ɡeɪt/us
/ˈkæs.tə.ɡeɪt/
tocriticizesomeone or somethingseverely:
严厉指责；斥责
Healthinspectorscastigated thekitchenstaffforpoorstandardsofcleanliness.卫生检查员严厉地批评了厨房工作人员清洁工作做得太差。
Synonyms
attack(CRITICIZE)
censureformal
chastise(CRITICIZE)formal
condemn
criticize
damn(BLAME)
decryformal
denounce(CRITICIZE)
excoriateformal
railformal
revileformal
slaminformal
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
to show disapproval of someone or something
  • criticizeHe criticized the government's handling of the crisis.
  • attackShe wrote an article attacking the judge and the way the trial had been conducted.
  • condemnShe was condemned for her comments about the candidate.
  • denounceThe government's economic policy has been denounced on all sides.
  • come under fireThe government programme has come under fire for mismanaging funds.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Chastising & rebuking
  • admonitory
  • barracking
  • bawl
  • bawlsomeoneout
  • be a reproach tosomeone/somethingidiom
  • carpet
  • keelhaul
  • lambaste
  • lecture
  • pull
  • pullsomeoneup
  • punchbag
  • punching bag
  • putsomeoneintheirplaceidiom
  • reproach
  • reproachful
  • shame
  • tear
  • there'll be hell to payidiom
  • upbraid
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castigation

noun[U]uk
/ˌkæs.tɪˈɡeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌkæs.təˈɡeɪ.ʃən/
Theyfearthe castigation oftheircommunity.
Examples
  • That couldmeanjailorsocialcastigation.
  • There was ageneralcastigation ofyoungadultsbytheireldersin thatindulgenteraas the MeGeneration.
  • The Americanadministrationwas "deeplytroubled" butfellshortofoutrightcastigation.
  • Theinquirywill befollowedby much handwringing and the castigation of bothindividualsandlocalauthorities.
(Definition ofcastigatefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
castigate
verb[T]
formal
uk
/ˈkæs.tɪ.ɡeɪt/us
/ˈkæs.tə.ɡeɪt/
tocriticizesomeone or somethingseverely
严厉指责；斥责
Healthinspectorscastigated thekitchenstaffforpoorstandardsofcleanliness.卫生检查员严厉地批评了厨房工作人员清洁工作做得太差。

castigate| American Dictionary

castigate
verb[T]
us
/ˈkæs·tɪˌɡeɪt/
tocriticizesomeone or somethingseverely:
Healthinspectorscastigated thekitchenstafffor notkeepingtheplaceclean.
(Definition ofcastigatefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcastigate

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It would obviously be wrong tocastigatethose who have prepared this second edition for not doing various things that would have been very desirable.
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Even those whose credentials had been established were castigated as having a 'suitcase mood' or demonised as vectors of infection.
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That failure incensed the litigation masters enormously; they not only reprimanded their clients, but also castigated them for having spoiled their own reputation.
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Not only did the regime and its supporters (illogically)castigatethe protesters for politicising sport, they disparaged their corporeality.
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Though they existed outside the law and their existence was constantly castigated by the authorities, they played a very important role in society.
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Another castigated group were those who ' would not be helped' or refused help when it was offered.
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The congressional black caucus, for example, castigated the budget as ' unjust and immoral ' in its treatment of the poor and disadvantaged.
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Seething at such obvious inequities of capitalism, they castigated the prosperous for ' ' greed ' ' and ' ' workaholism ' '.
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At that time, for instance, one journalist castigated both men for failing to set aside their personal ambition to pursue the goal of national defence.
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Somecastigatethe hubris of some of its claims.
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Their justices refused to believe that human rights violations had occurred, and castigated those who thought otherwise.
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Isn't it odd that it went on and on being recycled in a city that librettists had a habit of castigating for its easily jaded palate?
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Paul castigated this particular ideal of wisdom as folly.
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Turshen castigates market failures in the private sector yet ignores government failures in the public sector.
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Tennyson's narratives encrypt paternal power in fraternal orders with an ambivalence that concurrently mourns and castigates paternal privilege enacted within fraternal spaces.
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