chastening

基本解釋

If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
你們所忍受的，是神管教你們，待你們?nèi)缤齼鹤印?焉有兒子不被父親管教的呢。
It has been chastening for Ms Rousseff and her party to have been checked in their triumphal progress towards an inherited presidency.
對(duì)于羅塞夫和她的政黨來(lái)說，入住總統(tǒng)府、向繼承的總統(tǒng)職位凱旋前進(jìn)已經(jīng)變成一個(gè)可以引以為戒的過程。
Why else did Abu Dhabi put Dubai through “months of pain and humiliation”, if it did not see some long-term gain from chastening its neighbour and strengthening the UAE federation, Mr Davidson asks.
如果它并非為懲戒迪拜而得到長(zhǎng)期利益以及鞏固阿拉伯聯(lián)合酋長(zhǎng)國(guó)這一聯(lián)盟，為什么阿布扎比額外地贈(zèng)與了迪拜“數(shù)月的痛楚和羞辱”？戴維森發(fā)出了上述疑問。

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But for Mr Brown, a stumbling economy will be an especially chastening experience.
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A chastening experience makes you regret that you have behaved badly or stupidly.