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单词 rebuke
释义
rebuke
verb[T]
formal
uk
/rɪˈbjuːk/us
/rɪˈbjuːk/
tospeakangrilyto someone because youdisapproveof what they have said or done:
斥责；指责；训斥
I was rebuked by mymanagerforbeinglate.我因为迟到而遭到经理的训斥。
TheJusticeDepartmentpubliclyrebuked him over aleakedmemorandum.
Synonyms
berateformal
chideformal
lambaste
lecture
reprimandformal
scoldold-fashioned
More examples
  • She was rebukedsharplyby hermother.
  • He rebuked mybrotherfor havingagitatedmeunnecessarily.
  • When Imildlyrebukedyourcousinforfallingasleep, sheactedlike she had done the mosthorriblething.
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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rebuke
noun[CorU]
formal
uk
/rɪˈbjuːk/us
/rɪˈbjuːk/
theactofspeakingangrilyto someone because youdisapproveof what they have said or done, or the things that someone says to showdisapprovallike this :
Hereceivedasternrebuke from themanager.
Herstatementdrewasharprebuke from the Senator.
Rebuke is theappropriatepunishmentin thiscase.
Synonyms
lecture
reprimandformal
More examples
  • Hesufferedastingingrebuke whenshareholderswithheld45% oftheirvotesfor hisre-election.
  • Sheissuedastrongrebuke after last week'svote.
  • Heremainsangrythat there was nowarningor rebuke to thesolicitor.
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
See more results »
(Definition ofrebukefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
rebuke
verb[T]
formal
uk
/rɪˈbjuːk/us
/rɪˈbjuːk/
tospeakangrilyto someone because youdisapproveof what they have said or done
斥责；指责；训斥
I was rebuked by mymanagerforbeinglate.我因为迟到而遭到经理的训斥。

rebuke| American Dictionary

rebuke
verb[T]
fml
us
/rɪˈbjuk/
tocriticizesomeonestronglybecause youdisapproveof what thepersonhas said or done:
He waspubliclyrebuked for hisinvolvementin thescandal.

rebuke

noun[C/U]us
/rɪˈbjuk/
fml
[C]asharprebuke
(Definition ofrebukefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofrebuke

rebuke
He ran inside to get his brother, whom the saint rebuked.
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Failure by a low-ranking chimpanzee (or wolf or human) to exhibit submissive behavior in the presence of more dominant animals will earnrebuke.
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I will alwaysrebukeanybody who dares to challenge me on the issue of having a white director.
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She will understand that now, if not before, they have the standing torebukeher for failing to support the satisfaction of those preferences. iii.
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He would then be making thisrebukeon the basis of his membership in the complex collective as opposed to one of the opposing teams.
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Indeed, such remarks may themselves be made as rebukes.
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They rebuked their parents as feudalistic, their teachers as too strict controllers.
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As might be expected, the implementation of such a discriminatory policy also drew rebukes from the outside world.
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Therebukemay have been more social than artistic criticism.
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That remark, by a long forgotten critic, was meant as arebukefor the painter who did not work from sketches.
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But whether he was embraced or critiqued, welcomed or rebuked, he was a necessary part of the public face suffragists put on.
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This in turn is often poly-vocalised via double or multi-tracking, jumping from soothing intimacy (frequently confessional) to a hardened timbre (rebuke) to great shock effect.
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With death having silenced his rebuking voice, there was little to remind people what a burr in their sides he had been.
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Her life story recounts constantly being rebuked and treated poorly by others.
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She even silently rebukes and repairs the false taste of uneducated man.
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