单词	chastening
释义	chastenchas‧ten /ˈtʃeɪsən/ verb [transitive] formal Word Origin WORD ORIGINchasten Origin: 1500-1600 chaste ‘to chasten’ (12-17 centuries), from Old French chastier, from Latin castigare; ➔ CASTIGATE Verb Table VERB TABLE chasten Simple Form Present I, you, we, they chasten he, she, it chastens Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they chastened Present perfect I, you, we, they have chastened he, she, it has chastened Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had chastened Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will chasten Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have chastened Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Military leaders, chastened by Vietnam, have learned to be cautious. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Even Commissioner Shack seemed chastened by the loss. His expression seems dour, chastened around the edges. Most of them turn up chastened the following morning. The experience had clearly chastened Mr Wormwood and he seemed temporarily to have lost his taste for boasting and bullying. They were not to be chastened by homilies like children at a Sunday school. Too late to admit us, he stood, chastened, and confessed he'd been knocked out. to make someone realize that their behaviour was wrong or mistaken:  Party workers have returned to their home towns, chastened by their overwhelming defeat.GRAMMAR Chasten is usually passive.—chastening adjective:  a chastening experience
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