v.〈正式或文〉严厉责备

Give up blaming and berating yourself. 给自己放弃谴责自己的权利。

Your dad berating and belittling your partner doesn’t always help. 你的爸爸严责并且贬斥你的伴侣不总是那么能帮上忙，男人的爸爸会鼓励他约会，而女人的爸爸则刚好相反。

At last I got the answer, the reason was I had been used to controlling and berating. 最后我发觉，原来我是被人管惯了，呵叱惯了。

Berating your child teaches her that she may lose your love and support because she wants to wear the same dress. 责备孩子告诉她，她可能会因为要穿同样的衣服而失去你的爱和支持。

Kobes body language looked like he was really berating the official but he actually did it with alot of class. 他的肢体语言可能看上去在不断的斥责那些裁判，但是说真的他在和裁判交涉方面做的很出色。

The strategy of berating yourself for past conduct solves nothing andserves to lower your self-esteem. 为过去的行为而责备自己的这种方式并不能解决任何问题，只能挫败你的自尊心。