dress down

dress down读音音标

英 [dres daun]

美 [drɛs daʊn]

dress down意思解释

释义

因某些场合的需要而穿得朴素些；

责骂，斥责；

训斥；

英英释义

v.

censure severely or angrily

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put on clothes that make a careless or ill-dressed impression

同义词：underdress

双语例句

Mother dressed me down for the flunking in Biology.因为我生物课考试不及格，妈妈狠狠地训斥了我一顿。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。