柯林斯詞典berate /b??re?t/ (berating,berated,berates) 1. V-T If you berate someone, you speak to them angrily about something they have done wrong. 嚴責[正式] Marion berated Joe for the noise he made. 瑪麗恩指責喬制造的噪聲。 返回 berate劍橋詞典to criticize or speak in an angry manner to someone 嚴責，訓斥 As he left the meeting , he was berated by angry demonstrators . 他離開會場時遭到了憤怒的示威者責罵。 Doctors are often berated for being poor communicators , particularly when they have to give patients bad news . 毉生常常因不善於溝通遭受指責，特別是儅他們必須告訴病人壞消息的時候。 返回 berate