chastise

vt.
1.whip,reprimand,set to right 鞭笞，惩戒，纠正。
△Mac.1.5.28(27):“And chastise with the valourof my tongue/All that impedes thee from the goldenround，”i.e.drive away all those scruples that stand inyour way to the crown. 用我舌端的勇气排除那妨碍你取得金冠的一切。
2. punish severely严惩。
△1H.Ⅵ.1.5.12:“But(i.e.if not) I will chastise this high-minded strumpet.”如果我不严惩这个自大的娼妇。
△R.Ⅲ.4.4.332(331):“Andwhen this arm of mine hath chastised/The petty reb-el,dull-brained Buckingham，”待我这只手臂将那个小叛逆、头脑迟钝的白金汉严惩之后。

chastise[tʃæˈstaiz]

v. 严惩，惩办，惩罚
‖ chastisement n. 惩罚