c. 1300, chastisen, from Old French chastiier "to warn, advise, instruct; chastise, admonish; punish; dominate, tame" (12c., Modern French chatier), from Latin castigare "to set or keep right, to reprove, chasten, to punish," literally "to make pure" (see castigate). Or perhaps from Middle English chastien (see chasten) + -ise, though this would be early for such a native formation. The form of the modern word "is not easily accounted for" [OED]. Related: Chastised; chastising.
He alone may chastise who loves. [Rabindranath Tagore, "The Crescent Moon," 1913]
雙語例句
1. I just don't want you to chastise yourself.
我只是不想要你過于自責(zé)。
來自柯林斯例句
2. My father used to chastise my brothers with whips.
父親過去常以鞭打懲罰我的兄弟.
來自辭典例句
3. How can he chastise me for something he knows nothing about?