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发音： [skeɪð]
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例句：
- To scathe something means to destroy something completely by or as if by fire, or criticize things harshly and usually publicly.
- The journalist is so scathing about corruption in Jamaican politics; she thinks constitutional reform would achieve little for the island.
- The former cricket legend has been scathing in his criticism of the new government as well as the military, who are accused of interfering in the country’s politics behind the scenes.
- In an October 2019 video, he was scathing about the problems with his Model X sport utility vehicle, which included a hole in a panel and an indentation in a door’s weatherstrip.
- Former world champion Alain Prost has been particularly scathing about the use of such recovery vehicles, telling reporters in Russia at the weekend he was furious about what had happened.
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解释：
- Scathe这个单词为动词，其表示“criticize harshly and publicly”这一含义，即“使损伤/严厉批评”，与attack/abuse/scold这些单词构成近义词。
- 具体使用场景如下：
- While the report finds significant fault with Ireland’s oversight of its banking system, it is particularly scathing of the European Central Bank’s role in managing the aftermath of the system’s collapse from 2008 to 2010.（虽然该报告发现爱尔兰对其银行系统的监督存在重大缺陷，但它特别严厉地批评了欧洲央行在管理2008年至2010年系统崩溃的后果中的作用。）
—Business - He was particularly scathing about management of the nation’s athletics body, which he said isn’t ready to be welcomed back into the international fold.（他对国家田径机构的管理特别严厉，他说还没有准备好欢迎重返国际舞台。）
—Sports - Early reaction on social media was scathing, with football fans labelling the move a “disaster”, “ridiculous” and a waste of money by Football Federation Australia.（社交媒体上的早期反应是严厉的，足球迷们称此举是“灾难”，“荒谬”和澳大利亚足球联合会浪费金钱。）
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