Chasten

(verb.) restrain.

校对:特伦斯

• Her mien was chastened and pensive. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• It is right that I should be chastened in some penalty. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Sacred moments, when heart talked to heart in the silence of the night, turning affliction to a blessing, which chastened grief and strengthened love. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• As I look out on the night, my tears fall fast, and my undisciplined heart is chastened heavily--heavily. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• His wild and enthusiastic imagination was chastened by the sensibility of his heart. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• The Koran records the chastened feelings of those days. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• I apprehend, young man, that your nature is no softer for this chastening,' said Mr. Stiggins, in a loud voice. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.

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