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单词 chastise
释义 chas·tise
\(ˈ)cha|stīz, -aas-\ transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English chastisen, alteration of chastien — more at chasten
1. : to inflict pain or suffering on for punishment or reformation
 < chastise children by spanking >
2.
 a. now dialect : reprove, rebuke, scold
 b. : to censure severely in denunciation or in an attempt to correct or improve : castigate
  < the world of moral and intellectual weaklings that she felt herself appointed to chastise — Tennessee Williams >
3. archaic : chasten 2
Synonyms: see punish
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