V-T If you chastise someone, you speak to them angrily or punish them for something wrong that they have done. 训斥; 责罚 [正式]
Thomas Rane chastised Peters for his cruelty.
托马斯·瑞训斥了彼得斯的残忍。
The Securities Commission chastised the firm but imposed no fine.
证券委员会责备了该公司但没有课以罚款。
I just don't want you to chastise yourself.
我只是不想让你责罚你自己。
After all, does it make much sense that the same voice that caused you to do something is now chastising you?
毕竟,使你做某件事情的同一声音却又在严厉谴责你,这有意思吗?
The sanctions for misbehaviour were not credible: to threaten a deficit-ridden country with huge fines is like chastising a man hanging on to a cliff by treading on his fingers.
对不端行为的惩罚显得难以真正实行:对于一个负债累累的国家施以巨额处罚无异于对一个吊在悬崖边上的人踩手指。
Chastising Goldman Sachs for flexing its muscles on behalf of a customer is akin to slapping a kitten for its adventures with a ball of wool.
也正因此,去责罚为客户利益而尽其所能的高盛,无异于去责打一只可怜的小猫却只是因为它在玩毛线球。
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