The church had various levels or degrees of such discipline, ranging from the mild rebuke to the ultimate step of excommunication.

教会的这些纪律也包含许多级别，从轻微的批评到终极程度的逐出教会不等。

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His look dares me to suggest that he drive back to the store to return the stickers. An inner voice tells me not to take the bait, but I can't resist a mild rebuke.

他的表情气得我都想要他回到商店退了那些贴片，但我的内心告诉我不要冒险，但我还是忍不住数落起了他。

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It is sometimes thought that Europeans can do little to rein in a petrodollar-fuelled Russia, beyond issuing the occasional mild rebuke.

ECONOMIST: Charlemagne

The State Department issued no more than a mild rebuke, saying that General Musharraf's changes could be a setback for democratisation in Pakistan.

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