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单词 chasten
释义
chasten
verb[Tusually passive]
formal
uk
/ˈtʃeɪ.sən/us
/ˈtʃeɪ.sən/
to make someoneunderstandthat they havefailedor done somethingwrongand make themwanttoimprove:
惩戒；磨炼；教训
He was chastened by thedefeatanddeterminedtoworkharder.失败磨炼了他，他决心更加努力地工作。
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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(Definition ofchastenfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

chasten| American Dictionary

chasten
verb[T]
us
/ˈtʃeɪ·sən/
to make someoneawareoffailureor of having done somethingwrong:
The Celtics, after giving up aleadin the fourthquarterandlosingthegame, were aprettychastenedbunchafterwards.
(Definition ofchastenfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofchasten

chasten
To begin, he identifies examples in which civil authoritieschastenreligious leaders.
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By the 1840s, most had been chastened by experience despite optimistic speechifying and frequent modification.
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He derided authority, mocking it, chastening it, and inviting us to laugh at our own reverence for it and for the author himself.
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This reduced the justifiable use of ornament as embellishment, at least chastening its application.
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The effect is chastening, if beyond desirable remedy.
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It is a chastening reminder of just how school knowledge is circumscribed and censored to remain within certain unsaid but mutually understood boundaries.
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It is certainly plausible that, in many instances, being the object of a ' sacrificial measure ' of kindness may be no less spiritually therapeutic than undergoing a chastening bout of suffering.
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Arthur, after years of illness and exile, has returned, chastened and reduced.
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They seem to have been chastened by the events of the election year, just as they accused us of having been chastened.
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The chastened tenor of his speech revealed him in an entirely new light.
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The idea that a young man leaves prison chastened and repentant is all too often a romantic myth.
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It is chastening for them, and has shown real results.
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He disappeared, chastened, after my brief conversation with him.
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I came away greatly chastened and far less critical.
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I stand corrected and suitably chastened.
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