记忆方法
将“berate”想象为“be”加上“rate”，像是被快速评价（rate），但是带有负面的含义，即“be”被“rated”得不好，因此表示严厉批评或指责。通过这种联想记忆法，可以记住单词“berate”的意思。
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词族 · berate
中文词源
berate 痛斥
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。
英语词源
- berate
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berate: see rate
- berate (v.)
- 1540s, from be- "thoroughly" + Middle English rate "to scold" (late 14c.), from Old French reter "accuse, blame," from Latin reputare (see reputation). "Obsolete except in U.S." [OED 1st ed.], but it seems to have revived in Britain 20c. Related: Berated; berating.
权威例句
- 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.