earful
英 [ˈɪəfʊl]
美 [ˈɪrfʊl]
n. 长时间的斥责(或牢骚)
BNC.43035 / COCA.26089
牛津词典
noun
- 长时间的斥责(或牢骚)
if sb gives you an earful , they tell you for a long time how angry they are about sth
柯林斯词典
- N-SING (长时间的)训斥,数落
If you say that you gotan earful, you mean that someone spoke angrily to you for quite a long time.- I bet Sue gave you an earful when you got home.
我敢说你到家时休肯定训了你一顿。
- I bet Sue gave you an earful when you got home.
英英释义
noun
- a severe scolding
- an outpouring of gossip
双语例句
- "still treat me like I was in senior high," Song Ying, a19-year-old freshman at Shandong University, complained." I get an earful every day. "
“父母像对待高中生一样对待我。”山东大学大一学生,19岁的宋颖抱怨到。“每天我在的牢骚声中度过的。” - Every time even a slightly contentious decision went United's way, one fan with an alarmingly intense stare would turn round to face me and Paddy and gave us a bit of an earful.
每次只要裁判把球判给曼联,一个球迷就会阴沉着脸转过来看我和帕蒂并且大倒垃圾话。 - You can just image the earful he gave her when they got home.
不难想象等他们回家后,他会怎样斥责她。 - When talent management consultants development dimensions international quizzed more than 2,000 newly hired employees about strange questions they had fielded in job interviews, the researchers got an earful.
人才管理咨询公司美国智睿咨询有限公司(DevelopmentDimensionsInternational)调查了2000多名最近被聘用的员工,询问他们在面试过程中遇到的奇怪问题,结果调查人员收集了一大堆问题。 - It might be tempting to give the boss an earful if you land a new job in the coming months.
如果你在今后几个月里找到了新的工作,离职前向现任老板发顿牢骚或许听起来很诱人。 - Her mom gave her an earful when she came home late at night.
她很晚才回家,被妈妈训了一顿。 - FEMA leaders are getting an earful from Congress.
联邦应急管理局受到议会的严厉斥责。 - He gave me an earful of complaints about his new boss.
他滔滔不绝向我抱怨他的新老板。 - I reckon the mechanic and air conditioning installer could be in for an earful on Peter's return to Mornington.
“不要去改装一辆车”这句老话在这时候正合适。我估计机械师和空调安装师在彼得回到摩林顿后也许将会对此进行抱怨。 - I bet Sue gave you an earful when you got home.
我敢说你到家时休肯定训了你一顿。