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

• 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。
• Knowing the length of the solar arc at various ages, you can simply go through the list from beginning to end, ticking off each planetary pair at the ages when it becomes due.
  知道了不同岁数太阳弧的长度，你就可以通过从头到尾查阅表单，然后勾出每一对行星发挥能量时所对应的年纪。
• 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。
• He took them through the schedule slowly, ticking each item off on his fingers.
  他慢慢地排着日程，扳着手指一项项核对。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 gave her a real ticking off yesterday.
  昨天我着实责骂了她一顿。
• Then Lally confessed and got a ticking off.
  于是拉莱承认了，挨了一顿训斥。