castigate
castigate 英 [ˈkæstɪgeɪt] 美 [ˈkæstɪˌɡet]
vt. 严惩；苛评；矫正；修订
进行时:castigating 过去式:castigated 过去分词:castigated 第三人称单数:castigates 名词复数:castigates
- Use castigate when you mean reprimand but in an especially harsh way. If you take a mean teacher's books, even accidentally, you might worry that she's going to castigate you as soon as she finds out.
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- vt. 严惩；苛评；矫正；修订
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1. "This is a classic Wall Street land grab. You create an acronym, you basically castigate somebody as villainous and then you regulate them because they're taking somebody's profits away," he said.
"这是华尔街公司抢地盘的典型情形.先为问题造势,指责某人是无赖,然后名正言顺的监管那些人,因为他们夺走了自己的利益,"他说道.
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2. When two organizations fail to come to agreement to join forces, I don't believe that gives license for anyone, outside either organization, to take sides and publically castigate one of the parties.
当双方在合作上不能达成一致，我不认为其他的局外人有权以此为由来偏袒其中任一方，并且公开指出另一方的不对。
- castigate (v.) "to chastise, punish," c. 1600, from Latin castigatus, past participle of castigare "to correct, set right; purify; chastise, punish," from castus "pure" (see caste) + agere "to do" (from PIE root *ag- "to drive, draw out or forth, move"). The notion behind the word is "make someone pure by correction or reproof." Compare purge (v.), from purus + agere. Related: Castigated; castigating; castigator; castigatory.
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