dressing down

dressing down

[.dresiŋ'daun]

n. <俗> 狠狠训斥, 责骂

例句与用法：

His work was bad, so the boss gave him a dressing down.

他工作得很糟糕，因此老板训斥了他一顿。

His father gave him a good dressing down for wasting so much time.

他父亲因为他耽误了这么多时间而狠狠地训斥了他一顿。

The butler gave the maid a dressing down for not cleaning the silver properly.

男管家因女仆没有把银皿擦洗干净而狠狠训斥了她一顿。