1540s, from be- "thoroughly" + Middle English rate "to scold" (late 14c.), from Old French reter "accuse, blame," from Latin reputare (see reputation). "Obsolete except in U.S." [OED 1st ed.], but it seems to have revived in Britain 20c. Related: Berated; berating.
雙語例句
1. She began to berate the police for paying scant attention to the theft from her car.
她開始痛斥警方對她車內被竊一案不夠關注。
來自柯林斯例句
2. He feared she would berate him for his forgetfulness.
他擔心,由于健忘又要挨她的訓斥了.
來自辭典例句
3. She might have taken the opportunity to berate scientists for their closed mind.
她也許會利用這個機會斥責那些抱成見的科學家.
來自辭典例句
4. She might have taken the opportunity to berate scientists for their closed minds.
她也可能會去利用這個機會斥責那些抱成見的科學家.
來自辭典例句
5. But to ban them and berate them seems doubly dippy.