注解：cuss [kʌs] means "to swear at sb'. 中文意思是咒骂，诅咒，辱骂，恶言相问

。What's more, it is old-fashioned. 这个词在就旧时候广为流行使用。例如：My dad used to come home drunk, shouting and cussing. 我父亲过去常常喝醉酒回家，大喊大骂。与之相关的一个习语是 not give a cuss (about sb/sth) 。It means "be completely unworried". 中文意思是一点不在乎。例如：I don't give a cuss about what he thinks. 我对于他的想法毫不介意。

 

2. The old man reviled corruption. 那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

 

注解：Revile means "to criticize sb/sth in a way that shows how much you dislike them

". 中文意思是痛斥, 谩骂（某人某事物）。它的用法是revile sb (for sth / for doing sth)。 Her father really reviled her for her breaking the expensive dishes. 她打破了非常昂贵的盘子，父亲痛斥了她一顿。

 

3. The boss really chewed us up yesterday because of what we did. 我们干的事，老板昨天的确把我们痛斥一顿。

 

注解：Chew是咀嚼的意思。Chew sth up是嚼碎东西的意思。例如：Chew your food well before you swallow it. 食物要先嚼烂再下咽. 在例句中用了其引申义，引申为用嘴说别人的不是的意思。

 

4. My wife went for me because I was late for dinner. 由于我赴宴迟到遭到妻子的痛斥。

 

注解：Go for这个短语有很多意思其中就有攻击，袭击的意思。

 

5.She gave him a good dressing down. 她给了他一顿痛斥。

 

注解：Give sb a dressing down是由dress down这个短语变异而来，和我们讲过的tell off的变异形式一模一样。

 

6. He stood on the steps raving at the enemies. 他站在台阶上对敌人高声痛斥。

 

注解：Rave means "talk wildly or furiously as if in a fever or mad ". 中文意思是胡言乱语; 说胡话; 说疯话；咆哮。它的用法是rave (at/against sb/sth about sb/sth)，意思是因某事而咆哮某人。例如：The patient began to rave at the nurses about their attitudes to him. 病人因护士对她的态度不好而咆哮护士。

 

7. He got the rap for our mistake. 他因我们的错误而受到责备。

 

注解：Rap是责骂，厉声说出的意思。Get a rap for sth意思是因某事而遭到责备。那么give sb a rap for sth意思因某事而责骂某人。例如：The coach gave his team a severe rap for losing 3 to 0 at half-time . 上半场三比零失利，教练把队员们痛斥了一顿。He got a rap on the knuckles for his bad work. 他因干得糟糕而受责备。

 

8. They may even accuse the child of disloyalty. 他们甚至责备孩子不忠诚。

 

注解：Accuse sb of sth意思是因某事而责骂、谴责某人。再如： Do other people accuse you of being self-centered?有人指责你太以自我为中心吗?。If you do good , people will accuse you of selfish. 如果你做善事，人们说你自私自利、别有用心。Accuse sb of sth还有指控，控告的意思。例如：You can accuse him of his bad action. 你可以控告他的这种恶劣行为。

 

9. The chairman taxed him for his constant lateness. 主席责备他总是迟到。

 

注解：Tax是责骂的意思，它的用法tax sb for sth.

 

10. He got choked off for doing something wrong. 他因做错了事而受到责备。

 

注解：choked是恼怒，生气的意思。Get chocked off for sth意思是因某事而受到责备

 

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