今天我们要学的词是 castigate。Castigate 的意思是痛斥、鞭笞、严惩，U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley regularly castigates Tehran for its destabilizing role in Syria and Yemen and its support for the militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah，美国驻联合国大使黑莉经常痛斥德黑兰在叙利亚和也门起到的不稳定作用及其对激进组织哈马斯和真主党的支持。It's easy to castigate US president Trump over the meeting with his Russian counterpart, but Helsinki summit could go down as his most statesmanlike moment，美国总统特朗普在与俄罗斯总统普京会晤时饱受病诟，但赫尔辛基峰会可能会成为他最具政治家风范的时刻。