trounce

英 [traʊns] 美 [traʊns]

• vt. 痛打；痛骂；严责

英英释义

Verb:

1. beat severely with a whip or rod;

   "The teacher often flogged the students"
   "The children were severely trounced"
   

2. come out better in a competition, race, or conflict;

   "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"
   "We beat the competition"
   "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"
   

3. censure severely or angrily;

   "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"
   "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"
   "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"
   

例句

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. Former Manchester United striker Cristiano Ronaldo has given his verdict on British music, and according to him, Oasis trounce The Beatles.
   前曼联前锋罗纳尔多给他翻案，英国音乐，并根据他的说法，绿洲痛打披头士。
2. Sadly, too many individual investors do not fully exploit these advantages, and never reach their true potential to trounce the market.
   可悲的是，太多的个人投资者并没有充分利用这些优势，并没有达到其真正的潜力，以痛打市场。

经典引文

• They were tied up..and soundly trounced.

  出自： W. Besant

近反义词

【近义词】

• beat 打
• crush 压碎
• thrash 打(谷)
• rout 彻底溃败
• overwhelm 打击
• slaughter 残杀
• defeat 挫败
• hammer 锤
• stuff 东西
• cream 奶油
• mill 磨坊
• chew out 严厉责备
• reproof 斥责
• slash 猛砍
• jaw 颚
• chew up 损害
• chide 斥责
• beat out 敲平
• flog 鞭打
• call down 祈求
• bawl out 大声斥责
• remonstrate 表示异议
• rag 破布
• scold 责骂
• dress down 狠狠地训斥
• lather (肥皂水的)泡沫...
• whip 鞭子
• shell 壳
• lambaste 痛打
• reprimand 训斥
• berate 〈正式或文〉严厉责备...
• lash 鞭子
• rebuke 指责
• take to task 责备
• strap 皮带
• vanquish 征服
• Lambast 狂打
• lecture 讲课
• welt 鞭痕