chewed out

He chewed out his secretary for being late to work.

他严厉责备秘书上班迟到。

Robinson was chewed out by his boss because he lost the important document.

由于罗宾森把那个重要文件弄丢了，所以他被他的老闆责备。

He told the journalist, "I chewed out my staff for mailing that out when they did. It should have gone out a long time ago. "

他告诉新闻记者说，“当我的工作人员要发出邮件时我自己需要再检查一下，这封邮件本该很早就发出去了。”

He recalls he sometimes got 'chewed out' by bank executives who thought his view was too negative.

他回忆说，有时候他会遭到某些银行主管疾言厉色的训斥，因为他们认为他的看法太过消极了。