释义 |
upbraidup‧braid /ʌpˈbreɪd/ verb [transitive] formal upbraidOrigin: Old English upbregdan, probably from up ‘up’ + bregdan ‘to move suddenly, seize’ VERB TABLEupbraid |
Present | I, you, we, they | upbraid | | he, she, it | upbraids | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | upbraided | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have upbraided | | he, she, it | has upbraided | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had upbraided | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will upbraid | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have upbraided |
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Present | I | am upbraiding | | he, she, it | is upbraiding | | you, we, they | are upbraiding | Past | I, he, she, it | was upbraiding | | you, we, they | were upbraiding | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been upbraiding | | he, she, it | has been upbraiding | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been upbraiding | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be upbraiding | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been upbraiding |
- He is reported to have upbraided his commanders for including political content in briefings.
- I was in no mood to be upbraided about my stupidity.
- In private he bitterly upbraided Brown for seeking to stymie his program.
- There was no disputing the hard truth behind his words - someting for which she had already severely upbraided herself.
to tell someone angrily that they have done something wrong |