reprove

1. V-T If you reprove someone, you speak angrily or seriously to them because they have behaved in a wrong or foolish way. 譴責(zé); 責(zé)備[正式]

"There's no call for talk like that," Mrs. Evans reproved him. “沒有必要說那種話，”埃文斯太太責(zé)備他道。

Women were reproved if they did not wear hats in church. 女性如果在教堂內(nèi)不戴帽子，就會遭到斥責(zé)。