In order not to be scolded by their parents, some of my classmates would lie about their grades.

为了不被父母责骂，我的一些同学会谎报成绩。

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Bosses have been summoned to Washington to be scolded on live television.

老板们被召集到华盛顿，在电视直播中接受训斥。

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Rather than be scolded, he left.

他不想被责骂，便走了。

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Men and women alike would far rather be scolded by a male boss than a female one.

ECONOMIST: A woman��s place

No matter that Italians have not always been fastidious about implementing European directives or that their governments have occasionally been dragged before Europe's Court of Justice to be scolded and even fined.

ECONOMIST: Charlemagne

She also happens to be the daughter who scolded me for my sloppy appearance all those years ago.

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