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单词 berate
释义
beratebe‧rate /bɪˈreɪt/ verb [transitive + for] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINberate
Origin:
1500-1600 rate ‘to berate’ (14-20 centuries)
Verb Table
VERB TABLE
berate
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theyberate
he, she, itberates
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theyberated
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave berated
he, she, ithas berated
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad berated
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill berate
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have berated
Continuous Form
PresentIam berating
he, she, itis berating
you, we, theyare berating
PastI, he, she, itwas berating
you, we, theywere berating
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been berating
he, she, ithas been berating
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been berating
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be berating
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been berating
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Don't be stupid, she berated herself.
  • He berated the White House time and again for not building support for the Bosnia operation within Congress.
  • He berates his then-girlfriend, known only as Jackie, for taking much-needed breaks from caring for him.
  • I seemed always to be berating myself for visiting with friends and spending a Sunday afternoon talking.
  • Just occasionally the tensions spilled over, such as when she berated Moira publicly about the way she was feeding her first child.
  • She took a shaky step back, mentally berating herself for continuing to react to him in this inexplicable fashion.
  • Still, she was able to berate Patsy and Betsy for giggling.
Thesaurus
THESAURUS
formal to tell someone that they have done something wrong or illegal and are being punished for it – used especially in official contexts: · The police officers were officially reprimanded for their behaviour.· The Swiss authorities severely reprimanded the banks for accepting $660 million from the former Nigerian dictator Sani Abacha.· Debra remembered as a very young child being reprimanded by her father.
formal if a parent, teacher, or other adult scolds a child, they talk to them angrily because they have done something wrong. Scold sounds rather formal and old-fashioned. In everyday English people usually say tell somebody off: · I dreaded the thought of going home and being scolded by my father.
to talk angrily to someone because they have done something wrong. Tell somebody off is more common in British English than American English: · Dad told me off for getting home late.
informal to talk angrily to a child because they have done something wrong: · The boy was given a good talking-to and sent home.
to talk angrily to someone for a long time about something they have done wrong, especially in a way that they think is not necessary or fair: · Stop lecturing me, will you!· He began to lecture her about her duties as a citizen.
formal to tell someone that they should not have done something: · She rebuked him for being late.· Sheerman rebuked his colleague for suggesting that he was too stupid to understand what he was saying.
formal to talk to someone in a way that shows you are disappointed at what they have done. Reproach sounds much gentler than criticizing someone or reprimanding them: · He felt he had to reproach his friend for his excessive drinking.
formal to publicly criticize someone for a long time, in a way that shows you strongly disapprove of what they have done: · She berated the paper for its 'misleading front-page story.'· Kennedy berated the Eisenhower administration and its vice president Richard Nixon, during the 1960 campaign.
formal to speak angrily to someone because they have done something wrong
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