| 单词 | chastening |
| 释义 | chastening (once / 10216 pages) n WORD FAMILY chastening: chastenings+/chasten: chastened, chastening, chastens USAGE EXAMPLESIt was a chastening way for the Foxes to suffer their first Champions League defeat. The Guardian(Dec 07, 2016) The commission’s investigators have shown a taste for chastening displays of power in what has become a ritual of rebuke and repentance. New York Times(Oct 22, 2016) In our intemperate current climate, there is something chastening about the film’s warning against judging our enemies too harshly. Los Angeles Times(Jul 15, 2016) n a rebuke for making a mistake Syn|Hyper chastisement, correction rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval an act or expression of criticism and censure |
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