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发信人: nova (晃来晃去的鱼儿), 信区: English
标 题: "Word-of-the-Day" :castigate
发信站: 紫 丁 香 (Thu Nov 4 09:02:59 1999), 转信
castigate (KAS-ti-gate) v.
origin: from the Latin "castigare," from "castus," meaning "pure"
1. Inflict suffering on to punish or subdue; chastise; rebuke severely.
"They had respect. They had power. They had four brand-new leased
Mercedes at once...They sit and stare at each other in mournful
silence. They know it is only a matter of time. They know the
silver grey is next. Then even the chocolate brown will be gone.
They castigate themselves and each other."
--Fran Lebowitz "Social Studies"
"'The searing destruction of the Alfred Murrah Federal Building on
April 19, 1995 was the most traumatic event in United States
History
since the assassination of President Kennedy. Clinton seizes the
moment to castigate Talk Radio for broadcasting a relentless
clamor
of hatred and division. It was sowing distrust of government
institutions
and creating a climate that fostered a recourse to violence.'"
--Ambrose Evans-Pritchard "The Secret Life of Bill Clinton"
from "The Reagan Information Interchange"
*Editors' note:
Fran Lebowitz is known for her witty aphorisms, such as:
-Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he is buying.
-Food is an important part of a balanced diet.
-Life is something that happens when you can't get to sleep.
-Even when freshly washed and relieved of all obvious
confections,
children tend to be sticky.
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