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小词详解 | excoriate
excoriate 英 [ˌeksˈkɔːrieɪt] 美 [ˌeksˈkɔːrieɪt]
In 1965 Ralph Nader published “Unsafe at Any Speed”, a bestselling book that exposed and excoriated the industry’s lax attitude.
1965年,拉尔夫·纳德出版了《任何速度都不安全》,这本畅销书揭示并痛斥了汽车制造业的懒散态度。
——《经济学人》Warren Buffett is latest billionaire to excoriate Donald Trump.
沃伦·巴菲特是最新一位斥责唐纳德·特朗普的亿万富翁。
——《纽约时报》
[动词] 损伤或去除(皮肤)表面的一部分
我绊了一下,摔了个四脚朝天。同时,我的双腿被尖刺擦破了。
I tripped and went sprawling. At the same time, my legs were excoriated by the prickles.
他开始在护士面前痛斥那位医生。
He proceeded to excoriate the doctor in front of the nurses.这位总统痛斥西方新闻界充满偏见的观点和居高临下的态度。
The president excoriated the Western press for their biased views and condescending attitudes.
The diamonds and rubies seem wet, and make veiled beings in the shadow below weep, their sides bruised with the hair shirt and their iron-tipped scourges, their breasts crushed with wicker hurdles, their knees excoriated with prayer; women who think themselves wives, spectres who think themselves seraphim.
金刚钻和红宝石都好象是湿润的,一些妇女戴着面纱,腰肢被毡毛内衣和铁针制成的鞭子扎得遍体鳞伤,双乳被柳条网紧紧束住,膝头因祈祷而皮破血流,伏在雕像下的黑暗中哭泣,那是些以神妻自居的凡妇,以天女自居的幽灵。
chafe: (with reference to a part of the body) make or become sore by rubbing against something abrade: scrape or wear away by friction or erosion scrape: rub or cause to rub by accident against a rough or hard surface, causing damage or injury