dressing-down
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˌdressing-ˈdown noun [singular] TELL somebody OFFan occasion when you talk angrily to someone because they have done something wrong 责骂，训斥give somebody/get a dressing-down The tobacco companies got a severe dressing-down. 各烟草公司受到了严厉的责骂。
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dressing-down• Pippin was given a public dressing-down, and ordered to precede his father to Francia.• The dressing-down comes as a 60 percent rise in complaints against banks was revealed yesterday.give somebody/get a dressing-down• Pippin was given a public dressing-down, and ordered to precede his father to Francia.ˌdressing-ˈdown nounChineseSyllable
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dressing-down
ˌdressing-ˈdown
noun [singular]
an occasion when you talk angrily to someone because they have done something wrong
give somebody/get a dressing-down
The tobacco companies got a severe dressing-down.
ˌdressing-ˈdown
noun [singular]an occasion when you talk angrily to someone because they have done something wrong
give somebody/get a dressing-down