学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 3169 castigate

今天我们要学的词是 castigate¹。

Castigate 的意思是痛斥、鞭笞、严惩，U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley regularly castigates² Tehran for its destabilizing role in Syria and Yemen and its support for the militant³ groups Hamas and Hezbollah，美国驻联合国大使黑莉经常痛斥德黑兰在叙利亚和也门起到的不稳定作用及其对激进组织哈马斯和真主党的支持。It's easy to castigate US president Trump⁴ over the meeting with his Russian counterpart, but Helsinki summit could go down as his most statesmanlike moment，美国总统特朗普在与俄罗斯总统普京会晤时饱受病诟，但赫尔辛基峰会可能会成为他最具政治家风范的时刻。

1 castigate   

v.谴责；惩治

参考例句：

• The principal castigate the student who have insult their teacher.校长谴责对老师不敬的学生。
• Marx never lost an opportunity to castigate colonialism.马克思抓住每一个机会严厉谴责殖民主义。

2 castigates   

v.严厉责骂、批评或惩罚（某人）( castigate的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• The film mercilessly castigates the old society. 影片对旧社会进行了无情的鞭挞。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Actually this somewhat castigates, compares with Palestinian Sa, Realmadrid has the winning quality. 其实这有些苛责，跟巴萨比起来，皇马更有赢球的素质。 来自互联网

3 militant   

adj.激进的，好斗的；n.激进分子，斗士

参考例句：

• Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
• He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。

4 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。