| 单词 | chastisement |
| 释义 | chastisement (once / 2183 pages) n Chastisement is the act of scolding or punishing someone. If you talk back to your stern teacher, you won't be surprised by the chastisement that follows. The noun chastisement usually means a verbal reprimand, like the chastisement a basketball coach might give his team after a terrible loss. It can also describe physical punishment, or a beating — when it's used in the Bible, that's almost always what it means. The Latin root of chastise is castigare, which means "to set or keep right," or "to make pure." WORD FAMILYchastisement: chastisements+/chastise: chastised, chastisement, chastises, chastising USAGE EXAMPLESTwenty sixteen looks to me like a chastisement. Wall Street Journal(Nov 03, 2016) But sometimes there is a clear chastisement, a moment when the judgments of providence seem stark. Seattle Times(Oct 11, 2016) “The Battle Hymn,” for instance, with its origins in the Civil War, contains powerful internal contradictions between “unity and divisiveness, between national triumphalism and chastisement.” Washington Post(Sep 08, 2016) 1n a rebuke for making a mistake Syn|Hyper chastening, correction rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval an act or expression of criticism and censure 2n verbal punishment Syn|Hyper castigation penalisation, penalization, penalty, punishment the act of punishing |
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