Wordiyoreprehend
🇬🇧 UK/.repri'hend/🇺🇸 US
GREC2
Definitions
v.
To criticize or rebuke someone sharply; to express strong disapproval of
申斥；谴责；非难
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derivedreagain, back
+
prebefore
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hendroot
=reprehend
Common Collocations
- 1.publicly reprehend公开谴责
- 2.[reprehend sharply]严厉申斥
- 3.reprehend conduct谴责某人的行为
- 4.[reprehend someone for]因……而申斥某人
Example Sentences
- 1.
The judge reprehended the attorney for his disrespectful conduct in the courtroom.
- 2.
The editorial board publicly reprehended the politician for spreading misinformation.