今天我們要學的詞是 castigate。Castigate 的意思是痛斥、鞭笞、嚴懲,U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley regularly castigates Tehran for its destabilizing role in Syria and Yemen and its support for the militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah,美國駐聯合國大使黑莉經常痛斥德黑蘭在敘利亞和也門起到的不穩定作用及其對激進組織哈馬斯和真主黨的支持。It's easy to castigate US president Trump over the meeting with his Russian counterpart, but Helsinki summit could go down as his most statesmanlike moment,美國總統特朗普在與俄羅斯總統普京會晤時飽受病詬,但赫爾辛基峰會可能會成為他最具政治家風范的時刻。
v. 懲罰,嚴厲批評,譴責