berate

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To chide or scold vehemently. transitive
    — What society tells people that they can “do whatever they want” to dissidents, and yet berates anyone for treating them well?

词形变化

berates present,singular,third-person berating participle,present berated participle,past berated past

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁epider.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi
Proto-Germanic *bider.
Proto-Germanic *bi-
Proto-West Germanic *bi-
Old English be-
Middle English bi-
English be-
English rate
English berate
From be- + rate (“to scold, upbraid”).
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