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.
  1. 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。

英英释义

noun

• a severe scolding
  Synonym:castigationbawling outchewing outupbraidinggoing-overdressing down
• an outpouring of gossip

双语例句

• If anyone touched him, they'd get an earful.
  要是谁敢碰他一下，准会挨一顿臭骂。
• I'd better not be late or my granny will give me an earful about my laziness and thoughtlesshess.
  我最好别迟到，要不然我奶奶会训斥我既懒惰又考虑不周。
• FEMA leaders are getting an earful from Congress.
  联邦应急管理局受到议会的严厉斥责。
• I gave him an earful on how he had oppressed me all our married life.
  就结婚以来他如何一直欺压我这一事实，我狠狠骂了他一顿。
• The weather and climate conditions have resulted in serious disasters to the agriculture production in the whole country this year. They can expect an earful on what the slump is doing economically.
  本年度天气气候条件对全国农业生产属重灾年景。他们将因商业不景气对经济所产生的影响而受到严厉的训斥。
• 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。
• But the complaint department at the condom company got an earful.
  但避孕套公司给了我吃惊的回答。
• However beautiful heart, no have earful, does not complain!
  不过心里很美，没有怨言，没有抱怨！
• 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。
• 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。