chasten
verb /ˈtʃeɪsn/
/ˈtʃeɪsn/
[often passive] (formal)动词形式
present simple I / you / we / they chasten | /ˈtʃeɪsn/ /ˈtʃeɪsn/ |
he / she / it chastens | /ˈtʃeɪsnz/ /ˈtʃeɪsnz/ |
past simple chastened | /ˈtʃeɪsnd/ /ˈtʃeɪsnd/ |
past participle chastened | /ˈtʃeɪsnd/ /ˈtʃeɪsnd/ |
-ing form chastening | /ˈtʃeɪsnɪŋ/ /ˈtʃeɪsnɪŋ/ |
- chasten somebody to make somebody feel sorry for something they have done
使内疚;使懊悔 - He felt suitably chastened and apologized.
他恰当地感到内疚并表示歉意。
词源early 16th cent.: from an obsolete verb chaste, from Old French chastier, from Latin castigare ‘castigate’, from castus ‘morally pure, chaste’. - He felt suitably chastened and apologized.