upbraid meaning in English
vt.
责备，谴责。 upbraid sb. with his ingratitude [for being ungrateful] 责备某人忘恩负义。
n.
-er
责备者。
n.
-ing ,adj.
责备(的)。
Examples
- Perhaps someone had upbraided him about it .
关于此事，也许有人已经责备过他。 - I think he'd meant to upbraid me for sneaking off, but he didn't .
我想，他本想因为我偷偷溜出去训我一顿的，可是他没有这样做。 - She upbraided him for not having written and when he answered he excused himself by saying that he had been busy .
她责备他没有回信，他回信辩解说，过去他一直忙得不可开交。 - Mrs. sturgis had kept up till then; but as they left her house, she could no longer restrain her tears, and cried aloud in spite of her husband's upbraiding .
史笃司太太一直忍耐着；可是看到他们走出门口，她的眼泪便止不住往下直滴，不管她丈夫呵责，竟然放声大哭起来。 - The captain upbraid his men for falling asleep
上尉因他的部下睡着了而斥责他们。