ticking off

英 [ˌtɪkɪŋ ˈɒf]

美 [ˌtɪkɪŋ ˈɔːf]

n.  斥责; 责骂; 申斥

牛津词典

noun

• 斥责；责骂；申斥
  the act of telling sb that they have done sth to make you angry

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 斥责;责骂
  If you give someone aticking off, you speak angrily to them because they have done something wrong.
  1. They got a ticking off from the police.
     他们被警察训斥了一通。

双语例句

• If you want to have children, your biological clock will be ticking loud enough to ward off any potential suitors.
  如果你想要孩子，你的年龄劣势会更加明显，足以吓退任何可能的追求者。
• Seven more days, he thought, lightly ticking off the second square, which was filled with notes on his work for the day.
  还有七天，他计算着，把写满了工作内容的第二个格轻轻地勾掉。
• And she began ticking them off on her fingers.
  她开始扳着手指罗列这些名字。
• Each taxicab is fitted with a meter ticking off the fare due.
  每辆出租汽车都有一个算出应付车费的计程表。
• I hope that once the Secretariat is re-established, the members of the Central Committee and the State Council will set an example by solving problems collectively and stop the practice of just ticking off documents in their separate offices.
  我希望，从重新建立书记处开始，中央和国务院要带头搞集体办公制度，不要再光画圈圈了。
• There are even dedicated websites that assist people in ticking items off the list.
  甚至还有专门的网站，帮助人们把必做名单上的项目一一勾掉。
• Then, when time becomes available, make a point of ticking a few of these activities off of the list.
  然后当你有时间完成时，注意把清单上已经做过的活动勾掉。
• Thousands of dangerous killers, schooled in the methods of murder, often supported by outlaw regimes, are now spread throughout the world like ticking time bombs, set to go off without warning.
  数以千计的被训练来杀人的危险杀手，通常都有非法政权在撑腰，现在正散布在全世界，在不动声色地引爆一个又一个的***。
• They got a ticking off from the police.
  他们被警察训斥了一通。
• I gave her a real ticking off yesterday.
  昨天我着实责骂了她一顿。