earful

英 [ˈɪəfʊl]

美 [ˈɪrfʊl]

n.  长时间的斥责(或牢骚)

BNC.43035 / COCA.26089

牛津词典

noun

• 长时间的斥责（或牢骚）
  if sb gives you an earful , they tell you for a long time how angry they are about sth

柯林斯词典

• N-SING （长时间的）训斥，数落
  If you say that you gotan earful, you mean that someone spoke angrily to you for quite a long time.
  1. I bet Sue gave you an earful when you got home.
     我敢说你到家时休肯定训了你一顿。

英英释义

noun

• a severe scolding
  Synonym:castigationbawling outchewing outupbraidinggoing-overdressing down
• an outpouring of gossip

双语例句

• You can just image the earful he gave her when they got home.
  不难想象等他们回家后，他会怎样斥责她。
• However beautiful heart, no have earful, does not complain!
  不过心里很美，没有怨言，没有抱怨！
• FEMA leaders are getting an earful from Congress.
  联邦应急管理局受到议会的严厉斥责。
• Her mom gave her an earful when she came home late at night.
  她很晚才回家，被妈妈训了一顿。
• He gave me an earful of complaints about his new boss.
  他滔滔不绝向我抱怨他的新老板。
• "still treat me like I was in senior high," Song Ying, a19-year-old freshman at Shandong University, complained." I get an earful every day. "
  “父母像对待高中生一样对待我。”山东大学大一学生，19岁的宋颖抱怨到。“每天我在的牢骚声中度过的。”
• If he comes and bothers you again, I'll give him an earful.
  如果他再来烦你，我会教训他一顿。
• Every time even a slightly contentious decision went United's way, one fan with an alarmingly intense stare would turn round to face me and Paddy and gave us a bit of an earful.
  每次只要裁判把球判给曼联，一个球迷就会阴沉着脸转过来看我和帕蒂并且大倒垃圾话。
• Now, all these people risk getting an earful from gay rights organizations and their publicists.
  现在，这些人都面临遭到同性恋权力组织和他们的宣传人员斥责的可能性。
• When talent management consultants development dimensions international quizzed more than 2,000 newly hired employees about strange questions they had fielded in job interviews, the researchers got an earful.
  人才管理咨询公司美国智睿咨询有限公司（DevelopmentDimensionsInternational）调查了2000多名最近被聘用的员工，询问他们在面试过程中遇到的奇怪问题，结果调查人员收集了一大堆问题。