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To castigate someone is to criticise them very , or to punish them severely. It is a strong word and a rather formal one: newspapers, essays and angry speeches use it more than everyday talk. A parent ; a paper might castigate a minister. Though actually, in modern English it is almost always about words, not about hitting. Older books could still mean real physical punishment.
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組成Borrowed in the early 1600s from Latin castīgātus, from the verb castīgō, 'to reprove, to correct', from castus, 'pure, chaste', and further back from an old root meaning 'to cut'. English uses the verb ending -ate. It is a doublet of chastise and chasten, which came through Old French.
同家族的字
- chastisedoublet: same Latin idea, taken through Old French
- chastendoublet through Old French
- chastefrom the same Latin castus, 'pure'
- castigationthe noun from this verb
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
castigateverb/ˈkæs.tɪ.ɡeɪt/
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formalTo punish or reprimand someone severely.
- Perhaps disarmed by his own scandalous behaviour with Bathsheba, he was in no position to castigate his son for a similar fault.
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formalTo execrate or condemn something in a harsh manner, especially by public criticism.
- God doth indurate, when hee doth not by and by caſtigate a ſynner.
- The curse of avarice and cupidity / Is all my sermon, for it frees the pelf. / Out come the pence, and specially for myself, / For my exclusive purpose is to win / And not at all to castigate their sin.
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rareTo revise or make corrections to a publication.
castigateadj/ˈkæs.tɪ.ɡeɪt/
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obsoleteSubdued, chastened, moderated
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obsoleteRevised and emended
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。