chasten 

  1. 動詞
及物動詞:
懲戒...(人)
磨練...(人)
抑制...(人)
節制...(人)
使...(人)純潔
使...(人)和緩
使...(人)愧疚
洗鍊...(文體)
/此動詞常用於被動語態/

    同義字詞
castigate,chastise,correct,discipline,penalize,punish
abase,cheapen,debase,degrade,demean,discredit,disgrace,dishonor,foul,humble,humiliate,lower,shame,sink,smirch,take down

例句

  1. This should chasten both sides.
  2. We must chasten these desires and passions.
  3. One can only hope that the Lord would chasten apostate Third Wave churches.
  4. He doesn't cut off your arm; He doesn't give you cancer in order to chasten you!
  5. God does chasten His own, and having the chasten hand of the Lord on us is no fun.