chasten meaning in Chinese
vt.
1.惩戒,责罚。
2.遏制,使…缓和。
3.磨炼(思想等);精练,推敲(文章等)。
adj.
-ed
(文章等)精练的;(思想等)有磨炼的;变乖了的。
n.
-er
惩戒者;遏制者;推敲(文章)者。
Examples
- In their chastened smile is an indulgent mockery .
他们的莞尔微笑中流露着一种宽容的讥诮。 - I was chastened whenever i remembered that my mother had come close to killing me .
每当想起妈妈差一点把我打死,我总是存有戒心的。 - The common men gazed on the ceremony with wondering eyes and chastened feelings .
其他人无不带着迷惑的目光,怀着纯真的感情,注视着葬礼进行。 - If he modulated his inevitable resentment to the chastened attitude of the reformed sinner, he might win his point in the end .
只要克制一下自己难免会产生的愤恨情绪,采取罪人改邪归正,接受惩处的态度,他最终就有可能达到目的。 - Amid an enormous therapeutic and financial success, it was necessary and chastening to be reminded that grim failures were also part of pharmaceutical history .
在医疗效果和财政收入方面取得巨大成功的时候提醒自己那可恶的失误也是制药工业史上的一部分。这是必要而又能使人心灵纯洁的。