animadvert GRE

to animadvert on one's shortcomings

揭（某人的）短

we shall be obliged to animadvert most severely upon you in our report.

我们将被迫在报告中对你进行非常严厉的谴。

There is hardly a subject that you can mention that will not make him animadvert upon some aspect of human nature.

你所能提出的问题，几乎没有不会使他在人性方论的。