reprove /rɪˈpruːv/ TEM8 ( reproving, reproved, reproves )

• 1. 

  V-T If you reprove someone, you speak angrily or seriously to them because they have behaved in a wrong or foolish way. 谴责; 责备 [正式]

  例：

  "There's no call for talk like that," Mrs. Evans reproved him.

  “没有必要说那种话，”埃文斯太太责备他道。

  例：

  Women were reproved if they did not wear hats in church.

  女性如果在教堂内不戴帽子，就会遭到斥责。