Upbraid
[ʌp'breɪd] or [ʌp'bred]
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To charge with something wrong or disgraceful; to reproach; to cast something in the teeth of; -- followed by with or for, and formerly of, before the thing imputed.
(v. t.) To reprove severely; to rebuke; to chide.
(v. t.) To treat with contempt.
(v. t.) To object or urge as a matter of reproach; to cast up; -- with to before the person.
(v. i.) To utter upbraidings.
(n.) The act of reproaching; contumely.
整理:塔尼娅
同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. Reproach, censure, reprove, blame, rebuke, chide, reprimand, admonish, condemn, stigmatize, scold, twit, taunt, scold at, find fault with, BLOW UP.
巴贝奇錄入
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:reprove, taunt, reproach, chide
ANT:Commend, praise, eulogize, laud, compliment, applaud
編輯:梅尔维尔
解釋/意思:
v.t. to charge with something wrong or disgraceful: to reproach: to reprove severely.—v.i. to utter reproaches.—n. Upbraid′ing a charging with something wrong: act of reproaching.—adv. Upbraid′ingly.
克洛伊校對
例句/造句/用法:
- No lurking horrors were to upbraid him for his easy credulity. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- Which of us has most reason to upbraid the other? 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Pausing upon the brink of the ledge I upbraided myself for what now seemed to me wholly unwarranted apprehension. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- I would rather you had come and upbraided me with vehemence. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- Sir Percival merely answered by upbraiding his friend with having unjustifiably slighted his wishes and neglected his interests all through the day. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- You will not thank me for detaining you from the bewitching converse of that young lady, whose bright eyes are also upbraiding me. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- Hubbub followed; high upbraiding, and sobs rather loud than deep or real. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- A few weeks afterward I received a letter from one of my London friends, who was a doubting Thomas, upbraiding me for coming so soon under the spell of the 'Yankee inventor. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- She even upbraids herself--most undeservedly, poor thing! 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
整理:皮尔斯