castigated
v. 严厉责骂、批评或惩罚(某人)( castigate的过去式 )
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。
He castigated himself for being so stupid.
他责怪自己太笨。
He castigated the secretaries for their sloppy job of filing.
由于秘书们档案工作搞得马虎草率,他严厉地斥责了他们.
Both privately and publicly he castigated the US - Japanese Security Treaty.
他在私下和公开场合都曾攻击日美安全条约.
She castigated the tax on gifts and bequests as a threat to small business.
她把对礼物和遗赠物征税斥之为对小商号的一种威胁.