rebuke /n'bju：k; n'bjuk/ vt [VP6A, 14] ~ sb (for sth), reprove, speak severely to (officially or otherwise): 指責(zé); 非難： ~ a subordinate for being impudent. 指責(zé)一南下的鹵芥 - n [C] reproof: 指責(zé); 非難： administer ~s to sb. 予某人以指責(zé)(責(zé)難某人)。 rebukingly adv