tongue-lashing
n. 斥责,谴责
If someone gives you a tongue-lashing, they shout at you or criticize you in a very forceful way.
After a cruel tongue lashing, he threw the girl out of the group.
一番严厉斥责之后,他把那女孩赶出了团队。
1. rebuking a person harshly
After a cruel tongue lashing, he threw the girl out of the group.
一番严厉斥责之后,他把那女孩赶出了团队。
Harry's mother gave him a tongue - lashing for telling family secrets.
哈里把家中的隐私告诉别人,被母亲狠狠责骂了一顿.
Mary's mother gave her a tongue - lashing for coming home Late.
玛丽的妈妈因玛丽回家晚了而训斥了她一顿.
How would his own three sons have reacted to such a tongue - lashing?
对这样的斥责,他自己的三个儿子会如何作出反应?
She gave me such a tongue - lashing that I've never touched another cigarette all my life.
她狠狠地训了我一顿,使我一生一世都再也没碰过另一根香烟.