chastise

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /tʃæˈstaɪz/    美 /ˈt͡ʃæstaɪz/|/t͡ʃæˈstaɪz/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To punish, especially by corporal punishment. transitive
    — And now whereas my father did lade you with a heauy yoke, I wil adde to your yoke: my father hath chastised you with whippes, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
  2. To castigate; to scold or censure. transitive
    — She feels definitely that Lung Shing is her town, and is not hesitant to chastise people who she thinks are not behaving properly—such as, for example, a woman using loud, vulgar language on the street—although in so doing she may only turn the direction of abuse on herself.

词形变化

chastises present,singular,third-person chastising participle,present chastised participle,past chastised past chastize alternative,archaic,nonstandard

词汇关系

衍生词
chastisable chastisement chastiser unchastising

词源

From Middle English chastisen, from Old French chastier, from Latin castīgō. See also the doublets chasten and castigate and cf. also chaste.
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