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词汇 upbraided
释义 upbraided
past simple and past participle ofupbraid
upbraid
verb[ T ]
 formaluk /ʌpˈbreɪd/ us /ʌpˈbreɪd/
to forcefully or angrily tell someone they should not have done a particular thing and criticize them for having done it: 申斥,责骂,训斥
In newspaper articles she consistently upbraided those in authority who overstepped their limits.在报载文章里,她不断谴责那些越权行事的当权者。
Synonyms
reprimandformal
reproach
tick someone off(SPEAK SEVERELY)UKinformal
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Examples of upbraided


upbraided

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


I will strive to do so today by indicating that she upbraided me for saying that the amendments would create a barrier.
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In fact, the report stated that the magistrates should be publicly upbraided.
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I was upbraided earlier for some lax draftsmanship in my amendment.
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He upbraided me for not having mentioned rate-capping.
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I recall being upbraided some years ago by an older councillor who accused me of poking my nose into matter which should not worry me.
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I am reminded of the cavalryman who was upbraided by his senior officer because he was wearing only one spur.
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He was upbraided by the authorities of the hospital.
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I fully expect to be upbraided or criticised, but they say that they are against the proposal too.
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At any rate, he hauled the deputation pretty severely over the coals, and, among other things, he upbraided them for not being sufficiently grateful.
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He upbraided me gently with suggesting that, after all, only one type was ultimately attractive.
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He upbraided us and said that the country was horrified at the way we were conducting our debates and that this was an appalling state of affairs.
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Instead, the miners are upbraided and derided.
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Nor can the moral invalid be upbraided for his degraded position any more than the patient with locomotor ataxia for tumbling down in a crowded street.
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Inasmuch as we on these benches have been upbraided for not doing certain things in 1929, it is as well to remember just what we did.
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The consuls upbraided them for being as unruly as the people in the forum, whereupon a vote was held.
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