Bosses have been summoned to Washington to be scolded on live television.
出自-2013年6月阅读原文
In a recent art assignment, a middle school student depicted an overburdened child who was being scolded for earning an A, rather than an A+, on a math exam.
2018年6月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B
英语六级真题
For example, a little girl who puts on her mother's makeup may be told that she is cute, but her brother who does the same thing will be scolded.
出自-2013年6月阅读原文
柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
VERB
训斥;责骂
If you scold someone, you speak angrily to them because they have done something wrong.