scold

常用用法

这组词都含有“骂”“责怪”的意思。其区别是：
1.前四个词均可指“有理由地骂〔责备〕某人”,而scold则不一定有充分的理由。例如:
She is always scolding.她总是骂个不停。
2.blame指因出差错而受责备; condemn指某人有不好的行为而受责备; rebuke指因某人有不好的态度而责备; 而accuse多指因粗心、失信或不负责任而受指责,有时也作“控告”“谴责”解。例如:
It's all my fault.I'm to blame.这都是我的错,都怪我。
I did not condemn him for what he had done.我并没有因他的所作所为而指责他。
She rebuked her lawyer for his authoritarian attitude to his clients.她指责她的律师对待委托人的命令式态度。
They accused me of carelessness.他们指责我粗心大意。
3.accuse常用于accuse sb of sth结构；而blame常用于blame sb for sth结构。

这组词都含有“骂”“责怪”的意思。它们的区别是：
1.scold指愤怒地或情绪不好地高声责骂,常用于上级对下级或长辈对晚辈。
2.berate指轻蔑地责骂。例如:
He berates George for the failure of the talks.他为谈判失败而轻蔑地责骂乔治。
3.revile指故意诽谤地骂。例如:
They reviled his brother as Tom's accomplice.他们故意诽谤他的弟弟是汤姆的帮凶。
4.upbraid指有明确理由地责骂。例如:
She upbraided them for having broken their words.她指责他们没有遵守诺言。
5.vituperate指更加强烈地指责或攻击。例如:
The report vituperated the government for shirking its responsibilities.报告强烈指责政府推卸责任。