Chide
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[编辑] 解释
[编辑] GRE 红宝书
- v. 叱责, 指责
- ［英］ v. 叱责, 指责 ( to scold; to reprove mildly)
- ［类］ chide : pillory / humor : mollycoddle ( 程度: 过分斥责是严责 / 过分迎合是纵容)
- ［记］ 和child一起记 ( chide a child)
- ［例］ Mother chided me for eating junk food.
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
verb (chid or chided; chid or chidden or chided; chiding)
- Etymology: Middle English, from Old English cīdan to quarrel, chide, from cīd strife
- Date: before 12th century
- intransitive verb
- to speak out in angry or displeased rebuke
- transitive verb
- to voice disapproval to ; reproach in a usually mild and constructive manner ; scold
- Synonyms: see reprove
