tongue-lashing

音標發(fā)音

She gave me such a tongue-lashing that I've never touched another cigarette all my life.
她狠狠地訓了我一頓，使我一生一世都再也沒碰過另一根香煙。他說媽媽給了他a tongue-lashing，使他終生不忘，可見當時媽媽是如何嚴厲地訓斥了他，所以tongue-lashing意思就是狠狠訓斥。
But tyrants hardly tremble at her tongue-lashing, or see any consistency in the application of tougher measures.
但暴君們對其厲聲斥責幾乎無動于衷，也未見任何更強硬的措施得以完整實施。
It's also an easier option for politicians, who would receive a tongue-lashing for hiking key taxes – income tax, consumption tax and corporate tax.
這對政客來說也是一個容易的選擇，如果提高關(guān)鍵稅收如進口稅、消費稅和公司稅，都會引來譴責。

The old professional elites get a tongue-lashing.
ECONOMIST: They will follow him anywhere

If you give someone a tongue-lashing, you speak angrily to that person about something that they have done wrong.

If someone gives you a tongue-lashing, they shout at you or criticize you in a very forceful way.