Chasten
['tʃeɪs(ə)n] or ['tʃesn]
解释:
(v. t.) To correct by punishment; to inflict pain upon the purpose of reclaiming; to discipline; as, to chasten a son with a rod.
(v. t.) To purify from errors or faults; to refine.
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同义词及近义词：
v. a. Chastise, correct, punish, castigate.
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同义词及反义词：
SYN:Purify, discipline, chastise, correct, castigate, improve, spiritualize,afflict, refine
ANT:Indulge, sensualize, brutalize, degrade, corrupt, pamper, carnalize, spoil,demoralize
编辑:桑德拉
解释:
v.t. to free from faults by punishing—hence to punish to purify or refine: to restrain or moderate.—p.adj. Chas′tened purified: modest.—n. Chas′tenment.
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例句:
- Her mien was chastened and pensive. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- It is right that I should be chastened in some penalty. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- Sacred moments, when heart talked to heart in the silence of the night, turning affliction to a blessing, which chastened grief and strengthened love. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- As I look out on the night, my tears fall fast, and my undisciplined heart is chastened heavily--heavily. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- His wild and enthusiastic imagination was chastened by the sensibility of his heart. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
- The Koran records the chastened feelings of those days. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- I apprehend, young man, that your nature is no softer for this chastening,' said Mr. Stiggins, in a loud voice. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
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