castigate

英['kæstɪɡeɪt]美['kæstɪɡeɪt]
  • v. 惩罚；严厉批评；谴责

    • 记忆方法

    词根词缀法
    cast 纯洁 + ig + ate 使… → 使…纯洁 → 严惩〔错误〕
      verb(动词)
      1. 严厉指责;斥责

    双解例句

    verb(动词)
    1. 严厉指责;斥责

      Health inspectors castigated the kitchen staff for poor standards of cleanliness.

      卫生检查员严厉地批评了厨房工作人员清洁工作做得太差。

    小知识

    Use castigate when you mean “to reprimand in an especially harsh way.” If you accidentally spill coffee all over your sister's favorite sweater, you might worry that she's going to castigate you as soon as she finds out.

    Castigate means punish, and punish harshly, but the punishment is always a severe scolding. Sometimes it means criticize severely. Politicians in the Senate are always castigating each other for their alliances and opinions. Castigate and chasten, which also means “to reprimand” but is less severe, share the Latin root castus which means “pure.” Ideally, if you castigate someone, you mean to guide someone away from the wrong path and toward a more pure one. But it sure doesn't feel like that when you're being castigated!

    实用短语

    1. castigate e

      惩治,惩罚,责骂,批评

    2. to castigate

      责骂

    3. to lashto castigate

      鞭挞

    4. castigate cast-i-gate

      朝门扔东西

    5. whip flog lash castigate

      鞭打

    6. flog lash castigate thrash

      用鞭子抽打

    单词用法

    词根词缀
    词根 cast 1 = pure 纯洁 caste n. 种姓制度；等级制度（纯正的种姓制度、等级制度） castigate v. 严惩 cast 纯洁 + ig + ate 使… → 使…纯洁 → 严惩〔错误〕 chaste adj. 纯洁的 chast〔= cast〕纯洁 + e → 纯洁的 2 = to throw 投；发射 downcast adj. 目光向下的；沮丧的 down 向下 + cast 投；发射 → 目光向下的 → 无望的 → 沮丧的 forecast v./n. 预报；预测 fore 前面 + cast 投；发射 → 预先发出〔信息〕→ 预报；预测 newscast n. 新闻广播 news 新闻 + cast 投；发射 → 新闻广播 overcast adj. 忧郁的；阴天的 over 过分 + cast 投；发射 → 忧郁的；阴天的 recast v. 重新铸造；彻底改造 re 重新 + cast 投；发射 → 重新铸造；彻底改造

    词根词缀

    词根: cast

    =pure,表示”纯洁”

    • adj.

      chaste 贞洁的,朴实的

      chast=cast纯洁+e→adj.贞洁的,朴实的

    • n.

      caste 社会等级,等级

      cast纯洁+e→来自贵族自认是纯种,引申为社会的等级

    • v.

      castigate 惩治,严责

      cast纯洁+ig+ate表动词→使……纯洁→惩罚[错误]

    同义词

    damn  /  skin  /  punish  /  criticize  /  penalize

    同根词

    词根：castigate

    n.

    castigation惩罚；苛评；修订