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

• A woman will say," Thanks A Lot "when she is really ticking off at you.
  当一位女士真是在责怪你时，她会说：“多谢”。
• 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 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 gave her a real ticking off yesterday.
  昨天我着实责骂了她一顿。
• And she began ticking them off on her fingers.
  她开始扳着手指罗列这些名字。
• They got a ticking off from the police.
  他们被警察训斥了一通。