柯林斯詞典talking-to 1. N-SING If you give someone a talking-to, you speak to them severely, usually about something unacceptable that they have done, in order to show them they were wrong. 批評[非正式] ['a' N] 返回 talking-to劍橋詞典a severe talk with someone who has done something wrong 申斥，責罵 I gave her a good talking-to about doing her homework on time . 我狠狠訓了她一頓，讓她按時做作業(yè)。 返回 talking-to