riot act

1. I'm glad you read the riot act to Billy. He's still a kid and still needs to be told what to do.
   我很高兴你警告比利不许胡闹。他还是个孩子，仍然需要有人告诉他该做什么。
2. I don't need to hear the riot act again.
   我不想再听你们说我无理取闹了。
3. I read him the riot act.
   我向他宣读骚动取缔法令。
4. The teacher really read him the riot act when he hit a ball through the window and broke it.
   在他把球打进窗子并打破了玻璃以后，老师狠狠地训斥了他一顿。
5. For his over-zealous performance in the football match, the referee read him the riot act by showing him a yellow card.
   在这场足球比赛中，对于他的过激行为，裁判给他提出了警告，向他出示了黄牌。
6. When he came home drunk again, she read him the Riot Act.
   他又一次醉醺醺地回到家里，她立刻警告他下不为例。
7. The students have been behaving better ever since the principal read the riot act last week.
   自从上个礼拜被校长严厉批评以后，学生们老实多了。
8. 1712-The Riot Act takes effect in the Great Britain.
   1712年的今天，《取缔闹事法》在大不列颠生效。
9. Father came in and read us the riot act, and we quietened down and went to sleep.
   父亲进来向我们提出严厉警告，我们就安静下来睡着了。
10. I'm going to read them the riot act.
    我会对他们提出严正警告。

noun

1. a vigorous reprimand
   1. I read him the riot act