castigate
vt. 嚴厲批評; 懲戒; 對…實施嚴厲的懲罰; 矯正,修訂
If you castigate someone or something, you speak to them angrily or criticize them severely.
Marx never lost an opportunity to castigate colonialism...
馬克思抓住每一個機會嚴厲譴責殖民主義。
She castigated him for having no intellectual interests.
她斥責他沒有智識興趣。
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難自己.