
GRE,SAT
vt. 擦破(皮肤);痛斥,严厉指责(excoriate 的过去式和过去分词)
Gilbert excoriated him for trying to play with perfection.
吉尔伯特训斥他总是追求完美。
These lesions are often excoriated because of the itching.
这些损害因为发痒经常被抓破。
The vice president excoriated me in front of all the staffs.
副总经理在所有员工面前严重的批评了我。
On the church's ultraconservative fringe, Alexy was excoriated for being too pro-Western.
教堂的一些极端保守人物批评Alexy太超前西方。
Client: My son fell in the park just now, his leg was excoriated, do you have something like bandage﹖
顾客:刚才我的孩子在公园不小心摔了一跤,脚擦破了,有没有创可贴之类的。
Excoriated 是一个动词,主要有两层含义,具体含义取决于使用的语境:
字面含义(医学/皮肤科):
比喻含义(更常用):
词源与理解:
这个词源于拉丁语 excoriare
(ex-
意为“去掉” + corium
意为“皮、皮革”),字面意思就是“剥皮”。其比喻义“严厉批评”非常形象,暗示批评的尖锐程度如同剥皮般令人痛苦和难堪。
权威参考来源:
理解 “excoriated” 的关键在于语境。在医学或描述物理损伤时,它指皮肤被擦伤或剥脱。而在绝大多数日常和公共讨论语境中,它表示一种极其严厉、公开且不留情面的批评或谴责。
单词excoriated 是动词excoriate 的过去式和过去分词形式,其含义可从以下方面解析:
物理层面:指“擦伤皮肤”或“剥去表皮”,通常因摩擦、刮擦等外力导致皮肤损伤。
例句:
His palms were excoriated by the hard labor of shoveling.
(他的手掌因挖土劳作而擦伤。)
比喻层面:表示“严厉批评”或“强烈谴责”,带有公开指责的意味。
例句:
Social media users excoriated the officials for their lack of transparency.
(社交媒体用户因官员缺乏透明度而严厉批评他们。)
During the debate, the candidate was excoriated for his controversial remarks.
(辩论中,该候选人因争议性言论遭到猛烈抨击。)
如需进一步了解例句或词源细节,可参考权威词典(如牛津、柯林斯)或学术资源。
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