chasten

Word family adverbchastelyverbchastenchastiseadjectivechastenedchastisablechastenounchastenerchastenesschastenmentchastisementchastiserchastity

chas·ten /ˈtʃeɪsən/ verb [transitiveT] formal

MISTAKEto make someone realize that their behaviour was wrong or mistaken 惩戒，责罚，磨炼

Party workers have returned to their home towns, chastened by their overwhelming defeat.

党务工作者遭受惨败后打道回府。

n Grammar

Chasten is usually passive.

—chastening adjectiveadj

a chastening experience

磨炼人的经历

Examples from the Corpus

chasten• Too late to admit us, he stood, chastened, and confessed he'd been knocked out.• His expression seems dour, chastened around the edges.• They were not to be chastened by homilies like children at a Sunday school.• Even Commissioner Shack seemed chastened by the loss.• Military leaders, chastened by Vietnam, have learned to be cautious.• The experience had clearly chastened Mr Wormwood and he seemed temporarily to have lost his taste for boasting and bullying.• Most of them turn up chastened the following morning.

Origin chasten

(1500-1600) chaste “to chasten” ((12-17 centuries)), from Old French chastier, from Latin castigare; → CASTIGATE

词汇	chasten
释义	chasten Word family adverbchastelyverbchastenchastiseadjectivechastenedchastisablechastenounchastenerchastenesschastenmentchastisementchastiserchastity chas·ten /ˈtʃeɪsən/ verb [transitiveT] formal MISTAKEto make someone realize that their behaviour was wrong or mistaken 惩戒，责罚，磨炼 Party workers have returned to their home towns, chastened by their overwhelming defeat. 党务工作者遭受惨败后打道回府。 n Grammar Chasten is usually passive. —chastening adjectiveadj a chastening experience 磨炼人的经历 Examples from the Corpus chasten• Too late to admit us, he stood, chastened, and confessed he'd been knocked out.• His expression seems dour, chastened around the edges.• They were not to be chastened by homilies like children at a Sunday school.• Even Commissioner Shack seemed chastened by the loss.• Military leaders, chastened by Vietnam, have learned to be cautious.• The experience had clearly chastened Mr Wormwood and he seemed temporarily to have lost his taste for boasting and bullying.• Most of them turn up chastened the following morning. Origin chasten (1500-1600) chaste “to chasten” ((12-17 centuries)), from Old French chastier, from Latin castigare; → CASTIGATE
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