c. 1300, chastisen, from Old French chastiier "to warn, advise, instruct; chastise, admonish; punish; dominate, tame" (12c., Modern French châtier), from Latin castigare "to set or keep right, to reprove, chasten, to punish," literally "to make pure" (see castigate). Or perhaps from Middle English chastien (see chasten) + -ise, though this would be early for such a native formation. The form of the modern word "is not easily accounted for" [OED]. Related: Chastised; chastising.
He alone may chastise who loves. [Rabindranath Tagore, "The Crescent Moon," 1913]
双语例句
1. I just don't want you to chastise yourself.
我只是不想要你过于自责。
来自柯林斯例句
2. My father used to chastise my brothers with whips.
父亲过去常以鞭打惩罚我的兄弟.
来自辞典例句
3. How can he chastise me for something he knows nothing about?
