| 词汇 | chasten |
| 释义 | chasten verb[ Tusually passive ] formaluk /ˈtʃeɪ.sən/ us /ˈtʃeɪ.sən/ to make someone understand that they have failed or done something wrong and make them want to improve: 惩戒;磨炼;教训 He was chastened by the defeat and determined to work harder.失败磨炼了他，他决心更加努力地工作。 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 chasten | American Dictionarychasten verb[ T ] us/ˈtʃeɪ·sən/ to make someone aware of failure or of having done something wrong: The Celtics, after giving up a lead in the fourth quarter and losing the game, were a pretty chastened bunch afterwards. Examples of chastenchasten To begin, he identifies examples in which civil authorities chasten religious leaders. By the 1840s, most had been chastened by experience despite optimistic speechifying and frequent modification. He derided authority, mocking it, chastening it, and inviting us to laugh at our own reverence for it and for the author himself. This reduced the justifiable use of ornament as embellishment, at least chastening its application. The effect is chastening, if beyond desirable remedy. It is a chastening reminder of just how school knowledge is circumscribed and censored to remain within certain unsaid but mutually understood boundaries. It is certainly plausible that, in many instances, being the object of a ' sacrificial measure ' of kindness may be no less spiritually therapeutic than undergoing a chastening bout of suffering. Arthur, after years of illness and exile, has returned, chastened and reduced. They seem to have been chastened by the events of the election year, just as they accused us of having been chastened. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The chastened tenor of his speech revealed him in an entirely new light. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The idea that a young man leaves prison chastened and repentant is all too often a romantic myth. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is chastening for them, and has shown real results. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He disappeared, chastened, after my brief conversation with him. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I came away greatly chastened and far less critical. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I stand corrected and suitably chastened. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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