At first , he ignored the texts . His friends called to berate or , in some cases , make fun of him .
最初他忽略了这些短信,后来朋友们打来电话责问他,有时候还取笑他。
But human-rights lobbyists say it has helped to highlight their cause , not least by giving local campaigners new opportunities to berate their rulers .
Although their initial anger had ---- somewhat , they continued to ---- the careless worker who had broken the machine . Blazed . Assail diminished . Appease abated . Berate subsided . Condone intensified .
尽管他们最初的怒气有所减缓,但他们依然对那个弄坏了机器的粗心大意的工人厉加斥责。
During the revolution , mr mubarak and his minister of information personally telephoned television presenters to berate them for unfavourable coverage .