TELL somebody OFFto angrily criticize someone, especially a child, about something they have done 责骂,斥责〔小孩〕SYN tell off
Do not scold the puppy, but simply and firmly say ‘no’.
不要责骂小狗,但要干脆利落地说“不”。
scold somebody for (doing) something
Her father scolded her for upsetting her mother.
父亲斥责她惹母亲生气。
—scolding noun [countableC, uncountableU]
I got a scolding from my teacher.
我挨了老师一顿责骂。
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In everyday English, people usually say tell someone off rather than scold someone: 在日常英语中,人们一般说tell someone off,而不说scold someone
She told us off for making a mess.
她骂我们搞得一塌糊涂。
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scold• Her voice was stern, just short of scolding.• I dreaded the thought of going home and being scolded by my father.• Our parents were strict and we were frequently scolded for our bad behaviour.• He hated everything that was happening at first, scolded her, as if it were her fault.• Don't scold him for doing badly at school, he's doing his best.• He scolds me for leaving the flat.• I scolded myself for repeatedly thinking of them.• But the first lady of this portrait can also be a scold, stand-offish and sanctimonious.• The advertsscold us and cajole us and wheedle us and fawn us to keep up with the Joneses.
scold somebody for (doing) something• She scolded another student for being a tattletale.• If he were to speak, I know it would be to scold me forcrying like I am.• It would have to be the chapel, Isabel decided, scolding herself for her cowardly hesitation.• She remembered that Aycliffe had brought up the matter of clothes, that Benedict himself had scolded her for her nip-cheese ways.• He scolds me for leaving the flat.• I scolded myself for repeatedly thinking of them.• The committeescolded obesity researchers for the short-sightedness of many of their studies.• When the cook returns Stubb scolds him for the way the meat is cooked.