前缀be-, 强调。rate, 责备，古词，同拉丁词reputare, 反复考量，词源同reputation, 名声。

1. She began to berate the police for paying scant attention to the theft from her car.

她开始痛斥警方对她车内被窃一案不够关注。

2. He feared she would berate him for his forgetfulness.

他担心,由于健忘又要挨她的训斥了.

3. She might have taken the opportunity to berate scientists for their closed mind.

她也许会利用这个机会斥责那些抱成见的科学家.

4. She might have taken the opportunity to berate scientists for their closed minds.

她也可能会去利用这个机会斥责那些抱成见的科学家.

5. But to ban them and berate them seems doubly dippy.

但是禁止或者严厉指着他们看起来是不理智的.