berate

• vt.叱責する；叱責する

ラテン語の reputare と同義語で、語源的には reputation, fame と同義。

berate

berate: see rate

berate (v.)

1540s, from be- "thoroughly" + Middle English rate "to scold" (late 14c.), from Old French reter "accuse, blame," from Latin reputare (see reputation). "Obsolete except in U.S." [OED 1st ed.], but it seems to have revived in Britain 20c. Related: Berated; berating.

1. She began to berate the police for paying scant attention to the theft from her car.

彼女は警察が彼女の車内盗難事件に関心がないことを痛烈に批判し始めた。

2.He feared she would berate him for his forgetfulness.

彼は物忘れのためにまた彼女に叱られるのではないかと心配している。

3.She might have taken the opportunity to berate scientists for their closed mind.

彼女はこの機会を利用して先入観を抱いた科学者を叱責するかもしれない。

4.She might have taken the opportunity to berate scientists for their closed minds.

彼女もこの機会を利用して先入観の科学者を叱責するかもしれない。

5.But to ban them and berate them seems doubly dippy.

ただし、彼らを禁止したり厳しく指したりするのは理性的ではないように見える。