Trounce

trounce







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【口】打敗,使潰不成軍



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–verb (used with object)

1. to beat severely; thrash. (用鞭,棍)打, 摔打(穀物),使脫粒

2. to punish. 

3. to defeat decisively.  



—Related forms

trouncer, noun





　

Guillermo del Toro and Co. have pulled off a fantastical feat of high entertainment in Hellboy II, a follow-up that 



[bounds off] its predecessor 

[into] 

[new] comedic and action-packed [heights], 



giving this unlikely big screen hero a gleeful second installment that works its devilish tail off to [satisfy] and [astound]. 



Having already been through the rather transparent -- "This is who the big-horned fella is and yes, he's the leading man" schtick the first time around, round two finds its own groove as 



Mike Mignola's characters trounce 

through 

Del Toro's menagerie of fetishe[s], 



namely misunderstood monsters, clockwork gears, undying love, and a magical array of monsters that leaves the audience [spellbound] throughout its near-two-hour running time.



fetish [fet-ish, fee-tish]





relinguish (compelled)

cf. renounce (formally, voluntary)

abandon (further)

rebuke

reproach (faultfinding, shaming)

cf. mortify (humiliate or shame)

rebuke (formally, officially)

cf. berate

scold (at length, irritation)

reprove (milder)

Castigate