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chastise

C2 verb
us /ˈt͡ʃæstaɪz/

chastise /tʃæˈstaɪz/ nghĩa là trừng phạt, đánh đập

Các nghĩa

  1. trừng phạt, đánh đập

    To punish, especially by corporal punishment.

    transitive

    An army was sent to chastise an unoffending people; to subdue an imaginary insurrection.

    Thus only the husband is in a position to chastise her, for his own relatives may not exert any physical force over her.

    “There is a man who must be chastised,” she says softly, lightly. “Chastised in a physical way. It should not be difficult. Not for you.”

  2. khiển trách, quở mắng

    To castigate; to scold or censure.

    transitive

    My urban, academic friends chastise me for romanticizing rural life.

    People pop up all the time to boast of their domestic arrangements or chastise others for what they eat or how they get around.

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