我因为没给他打电话，被狠狠训斥了一顿。I got a severe telling off for not phoning him.他母亲把他叫到跟前训斥了一番，又哭哭啼啼地向上帝祷告。His mother summoned him, upbraided him, wept and prayed.船长就安全问题严厉地训斥了我们一顿。Our captain gave us a stern lecture on safety....
他中学时不擅长代数.He was not good at algebra in middle school.在代数里, 符号X常用来表示未知数.In algebra, the sign X usually denotes an unknown quantity.他的同学们正在绞尽脑汁地演算初等代数题.His classmates were labouring with elementary algebra....