| 单词 | castigate |
| 释义 | castigate (once / 6797 pages) v Use castigate when you mean reprimand but in an especially harsh way. If you take a mean teacher's books, even accidentally, you might worry that she's going to castigate you as soon as she finds out. Castigate means punish, and punish harshly, but the punishment is always a severe scolding. Sometimes it means criticize severely. Politicians in the Senate are always castigating each other for their alliances and opinions. Castigate and chasten, which also means "to reprimand" but is less severe, share the Latin root castus which means "pure." Ideally, if you castigate someone, you mean to guide someone away from the wrong path and toward a more pure one. But it sure doesn't feel like that when you're being castigated! WORD FAMILYcastigate: castigated, castigates, castigating, castigation+/castigation: castigations USAGE EXAMPLESCastigating groups and engaging in "ladder raising" behavior is self destructive. New York Times(Jun 30, 2016) On Tuesday, Rachel Carroll Rivas, co-director of the Montana Human Rights Network, castigated Spencer for considering a run for Congress in the state. Los Angeles Times(Dec 20, 2016) Ms. Wen castigated “Ghost in the Shell,” tweeting about “whitewashing” and throwing in a dismissive emoji. New York Times(May 25, 2016) 1v inflict severe punishment on Hyper penalise, penalize, punish impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on 2v censure severely Syn|Hypo|Hyper chasten, chastise, correct, objurgate flame criticize harshly, usually via an electronic medium bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, scold, take to task, trounce censure severely or angrily |
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