chasten

vt.惩罚（某人）（使之改正或改进）；惩戒；遏制（某人）；制止

verb

1. 使内疚；使懊悔
   to make sb feel sorry for sth they have done
   1. He felt suitably chastened and apologized.
      他感到内疚并表示歉意。
   2. She gave them a chastening lecture.
      她给他们做了一次令他们对自己的行为感到内疚的演讲。
   3. It was a chastening experience .
      那是一次令人遗憾的经历。

vt. 惩罚；磨炼；抑制

过去分词:chastened 第三人称单数:chastens 现在分词:chastening 过去式:chastened

1. He has clearly not been chastened by his thirteen days in detention
   显然，13天拘留并没能让他悔过自新。
2. A chastened Agassi flew home for a period of deep contemplation.
   追悔莫及的阿加西坐飞机回家面壁思过去了。
3. O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
   （大卫的记念诗）耶和华阿，求你不要在怒中责备我。不要在烈怒中惩罚我。
4. The Lord wanted to chasten our pride.
   神要磨练我们的自尊。
5. Your loss is so terrible that I can only explain it to myself, as a special sign of the grace of God, who in His love for you would chasten you and your incomparable mother.
   您的损失是如此骇人，以致我只能向我自己说明，这是上帝的特殊恩赐，他因为爱您而想考验您和您的优秀的母亲。
6. The difficulty can chasten man to be excellent character.
   困难可以磨练出一个人最优秀的品质。
7. That is what should guide us and inspire us and chasten us with respect to the decisions that we make.
   这就是在我们作出决定时应该引导我们、鼓舞我们、鞭策我们的原则。
8. He is chasten by the accident; he has nearly died.
   那次事故使他变得谨慎了；当时他差点送命。
9. Basic martial skill training could make students 'body stronger and chasten their volition.
   军事基本技能训练可增强学生的体魄、磨练意志。