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

• I gave her a real ticking off yesterday.
  昨天我着实责骂了她一顿。
• I just think it's rude and it's ticking me off
  我就是觉得这样太粗鲁，叫我很生气。
• They got a ticking off from the police.
  他们被警察训斥了一通。
• 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***。
• I have nothing wrong with the "let them know you're there in the first few minutes" approach, but injuring an opponent surely warrants more punishment than a light ticking off?
  我觉得“让他们从一开始就领教你的厉害”没什么不对。但把人弄伤和随便踢一脚应该不一样吧？
• And she began ticking them off on her fingers.
  她开始扳着手指罗列这些名字。
• 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。
• A wolf is like a ticking bomb, it can go off at any moment, he warned.
  他警告说：狼就像是一颗***，随时可能爆炸。
• 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。
• Then Lally confessed and got a ticking off.
  于是拉莱承认了，挨了一顿训斥。