scolding
noun [ C or U ] uk/ˈskəʊl.dɪŋ/ us/ˈskoʊl.dɪŋ/
责骂，责备
the act of speaking angrily to someone because you disapprove of their behaviour
He gave his son a scolding for coming home so late. 他把儿子骂了一顿，说他这么晚了才回家。
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- They received an average of one encouragement for every two scoldings.
- If the scolding was meant to put him in his place, it failed.
- There were verbal scoldings, but that was about it.
- A child with his level of autism cannot process scolding.
- “I gave him the money,” my mom tells me anxiously over the phone, like a child who’s about to get a scolding.
scolding
adjective uk/ˈskəʊl.dɪŋ/ us/ˈskoʊl.dɪŋ/
责骂的，责备的
showing that you disapprove of someone's behaviour
She received a scolding letter. 她收到了一封责骂信。
See: scold
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- They could not take the heckling and the scolding stares.
- She was turned off by the preachy, scolding tone of work she saw.
- He gave a scolding rebuke to the company over its plans.
- Her tone was slightly scolding.