She began to berate the police for paying scant attention to the theft from her car.

她开始严厉斥责警方对她车内东西失窃一案关注不足。

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But lately American leaders have shown signs of the inertia for which they used to berate Japan.

但最近，美国领导人对他们曾经痛斥日本已经表现出了惰性的迹象。

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Perhaps I should have blamed my foolish decision to reverse down a dark country lane but I decided to berate my new i-GO contact lenses (" sleep, see, go ").

也许这本该归咎于自己沿着黑暗乡村小道倒车的愚蠢决定，但我却责怪这副新的隐形眼镜(睡，看，走)。

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It is unfair to berate RIM for not coming up with the products that Apple created.

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And yet she had the self-confidence to berate Hank Paulson for letting Lehman Brothers fail.

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They have hauled officials charged with policing it before Congress to berate their efforts.

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