castigate
vt. 严厉批评; 惩戒; 对…实施严厉的惩罚; 矫正,修订
If you castigate someone or something, you speak to them angrily or criticize them severely.
Marx never lost an opportunity to castigate colonialism...
马克思抓住每一个机会严厉谴责殖民主义。
She castigated him for having no intellectual interests.
她斥责他没有智识兴趣。
1. censure severely;
2. inflict severe punishment on
She could not find sufficient reproaches with which to castigate herself.
她找不出充分的理由非难自己.