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词汇 berate
释义 berate
verb[ T ]
 formaluk /bɪˈreɪt/ us /bɪˈreɪt/
to criticize or speak in an angry manner to someone: 严责,训斥
As he left the meeting, he was berated by angry demonstrators.他离开会场时遭到了愤怒的示威者责骂。
Doctors are often berated for being poor communicators, particularly when they have to give patients bad news.医生常常因不善于沟通遭受指责,特别是当他们必须告诉病人坏消息的时候。
Synonyms
chideformal
lambaste
lecture
rebukeformal
reprimandformal
scoldold-fashioned
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Chastising & rebuking
admonishing
admonishingly
admonitory
barracking
bawl
carpet
earbashing
keelhaul
lambaste
lecture
pull someone up
punchbag
punching bag
put someone in their placeidiom
rap someone over the knucklesidiom
shame
spoken
tear
ticking-off
wigging

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Talking angrily

berate | American Dictionary


berate
verb[ T ]
us/bɪˈreɪt/
to criticize someone in an angry manner:
His mother berated him for making a mess.

Examples of berate


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In particular, he has been berated for not forseeing the human consequences that would flow from the partition decision.
Inadequate infrastructure was berated universally as an impediment to commerce.
It is interesting that she should berate the media and then, in the next sentence, capitulate.
Americans collectively learned to be hard on themselves individually, to demand constant self-improvement and to berate themselves when their lives fell short of their dreams.
Any analytical methodology would thus have to consider the structural as well as the ideological makings of (con)text to avoid privileging the norm and berating the deviant.
Oliver argues that ' all is not well in the kingdom of rehabilitation ' and he berates the ' physicality ' of current practice whereby success is defined largely in terms of physical activity.
Some press reports have referred to "berating", "bullying"and"hectoring".
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They have equally often been berated for indulging in politics.
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He berated his opponents and asked why there was no reply from them.
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I have often berated him about his lack of policy and vision.
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Recently my bank manager even berated me for not borrowing.
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She was a powerful advocate and berated us about regulations.
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When those children identified themselves, they were made to stand in front of the class to be berated.
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On the one hand—perhaps this is nothing new—the banks are berated for not providing sufficient funds for industry and for being unadventurous.
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It is the wife who gets berated by her husband if she pays too much.
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