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ˌdressing-ˈdown noun [singular] TELL somebody OFFan occasion when you talk angrily to someone because they have done something wrong 责骂，训斥give somebody/get a dressing-down The tobacco companies got a severe dressing-down. 各烟草公司受到了严厉的责骂。Examples from the Corpusdressing-down• Pippin was given a public dressing-down, and ordered to precede his father to Francia.• The dressing-down comes as a 60 percent rise in complaints against banks was revealed yesterday.give somebody/get a dressing-down• Pippin was given a public dressing-down, and ordered to precede his father to Francia.ˌdressing-ˈdown nounChineseSyllable Corpus to because occasion when someone angrily talk an have you they |