He did not rule us with a rod. Even his rebukes did not amount to scoldings.

他没有用棍棒来管束我们，甚至连他的训斥也不像是责骂。

Because of all the scoldings, the younger began to think that he was not a very good person.

小儿子因为总是受到斥责，甚至认为自己不是怎样好的人。

But as the number of sites nears 900, will not the currency of UNESCO's praise and scoldings be devalued?

然而随着文化遗址的数目接近900处，联合国教科文组织惯用的表扬和批评做法不会贬值吗？

My mother would release her disconcerts by sullen drones of complaints and scoldings, as befitted her role of the disciplinarian of the family.

我母亲会通过絮絮叨叨地抱怨和斥责来排解她的不称心，正如她在家里所扮演的严格执行纪律的角色。

In between scoldings, Buffett told investors more damage lay ahead and dropped hints about where Berkshire is looking for purchases abroad as the dollar falls.

在向他们开火的同时，巴菲特告诉投资者们前方还有很多危险，并且暗示了美元贬值之后伯克希尔会在境外何处寻找新的收购对象。