Castigate 的意思是痛斥、鞭笞、嚴(yán)懲,U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley regularly castigates Tehran for its destabilizing role in Syria and Yemen and its support for the militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah,美國(guó)駐聯(lián)合國(guó)大使黑莉經(jīng)常痛斥德黑蘭在敘利亞和也門起到的不穩(wěn)定作用及其對(duì)激進(jìn)組織哈馬斯和真主黨的支持。
It's easy to castigate US president Trump over the meeting with his Russian counterpart, but Helsinki summit could go down as his most statesmanlike moment,美國(guó)總統(tǒng)特朗普在與俄羅斯總統(tǒng)普京會(huì)晤時(shí)飽受病詬,但赫爾辛基峰會(huì)可能會(huì)成為他最具政治家風(fēng)范的時(shí)刻。