近日来我连续听到scold这个词,比如一天小孩子回家,"I count three ah, I scold you", 学着老师的样子。还有一次在外面,小孩子不知什么原因哭个不停,旁边的妈妈,一幅凶神恶煞的表情,“quiet down or I scold you"。还有偶尔听到同事聊天,提到她家的女佣,里面夹带scold,"scold her if she forget" 我总觉得我看过的影视作品,外文书里好像很少见这个字,可能书读的少。 i will curse you 我觉的说出来都还可以接受。为什么我听到scold就很不舒服。我总觉得这好像是殖民时期的语言。 scold的正确用法是不用它。 建议使用 I am not happy (if you are not quiet down/if you do it again/etc)
“Mrs. Bennet deigned not to make any reply, but, unable to contain herself, began scolding one of her daughters. “Don't keep coughing so, Kitty, for Heaven's sake! You sound as if you have been stricken!” “Mother! What a dreadful thing to say, ...”