lambaste
/læmˈbeɪst/(亦作lambast /-ˈbæst/)
verb
with obj.
- criticize (someone or something) harshly严厉批评：
they lambasted the report as a gross distortion of the truth.
他们激烈批评该报告是严重歪曲事实。
词源
mid 17th cent. （in the sense 'beat， thrash'）： from LAM1 + BASTE3 . The current sense dates from the late 19th cent.