libel

• n. 诽谤罪；诋毁；毁坏名誉的东西；控诉书
• vt. 中伤；控告；对…进行诽谤
• vi. 进行文字诽谤

来自拉丁语liber,书，来自PIE*leup,剥下，削皮，词源同leaf,library,-el,小词后缀。即小书，引申词义小册子，诽谤书。

1. a tort consisting of false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living person

2. the written statement of a plaintiff explaining the cause of action (the defammation) and any relief he seeks

libel

libel: see library

libel (n.)

c. 1300, "formal written statement," especially, in civil law, "plaintiff's statement of charges" (mid-14c.); from Old French libelle (fem.) "small book; (legal) charge, claim; writ; written report" (13c.), from Latin libellus "a little book, pamphlet; petition, written accusation, complaint," diminutive of liber "book" (see library). Broader sense of "any published or written statement likely to harm a person's reputation" is first attested 1630s.

libel (v.)

mid-15c., "make an initial statement setting out a plaintiff's case" (modern sense from 1560s), from libel (n.), q.v. for sense development. Related: Libeled; libelled; libeling; libelling.

He sued the newspaper for libel.

他起诉那家报社犯有诽谤罪。

牛津词典

a libel action (= a case in a court of law)

诽谤诉讼

牛津词典

He claimed he had been libelled in an article the magazine had published.

他声称他遭到了那家杂志发表的一篇文章的诽谤。

牛津词典

Warren sued him for libel over the remarks...

沃伦就此言论起诉他诽谤。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

If the jury decided there was a libel, it would have to consider its effect on Miss Smith's position.

如果陪审团裁定诽谤罪成立，那就必须考虑其对史密斯小姐的职位的影响。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The newspaper which libelled him had already offered compensation.

诽谤他的报纸已经向他提出支付赔偿金。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The jury awarded libel damages of ￡100,000.

陪审团判定诽谤赔偿费为10万英镑.

《简明英汉词典》

I can't name them. Your libel laws won't let me.

我不能指名道姓. 你的关于诽谤的法律不允许我那样.

期刊摘选

The difference between libel and slander is that libel is printed but slander is spoken.

诽谤性的文字和诽谤的区别在于,诽谤性文字会被印刷出来,而诽谤是说出来的.

期刊摘选

If you attack him by innuendo, you will be sued for libel.

如果你对他含沙射影, 你将被控告为诽谤罪.

期刊摘选

They also teach about legal issues like plagiarism and libel law and freedom of speech.

他们同样教会学生关于一些法律问题,如剽窃、诽谤法以及言论自由.

期刊摘选

That interview was an absolute libel on the honest man.

那篇报道完全是对那个老实人的诽谤.

期刊摘选

If all that is true, what libel is there?

如果那全是真的, 有什么诽谤可言?

期刊摘选

The difference between libel and slander is that libel is printed and slander is spoken.

毁谤和流言蜚语的区别在于前者是书面的,而后者是口头的.

期刊摘选

Slander or libel, it amounts to the same thing.

不论是口头的还是书面的诽谤, 都是一回事.

期刊摘选

The difference between libel and slander libel is printed slander is spoken.

诽谤和流言的区别在于前者是书面的,尔后者是口头的.

期刊摘选

Repetition of a libel is an offence.

重复诽谤是一种犯罪行为.

口语例句

She sued a newspaper for libel.

她控告某报刊登诽谤性文字.

期刊摘选

Typically, it is limited by prohibitions against libel, defamation, obscenity, judicial parliamentary privilege and the like.

具体来说, 没有自由言论是在司法上禁止毁谤 、 造谣 、 淫秽.

期刊摘选

A countercharge of libel was made by the opposing counsel.

对方律师提出诽谤罪的反诉.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

The cost of defending the libel action almost bankrupted the small magazine.

为诽谤罪辩护的诉讼费几乎使这家小杂志社破产.

《简明英汉词典》

Lord Lester also wants most libel cases to be heard by a judge, not a jury.

莱斯特勋爵同时也希望大部分诽谤案件由法官而不是陪审团裁决.

期刊摘选

He wrote a libel against her character.

他写了篇文章来诽谤她的人格.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

She decided to sue for libel after the newspaper smeared her private life.

她决定起诉这家报纸对其私生活进行诬蔑.

《简明英汉词典》

The paper got clobbered with libel damages of half a million pounds.

这家报纸被罚以五十万英镑的诽谤损害赔偿金。

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

It is unlikely that libel laws will be invoked.

不大可能诉诸诽谤法。

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

He sued the newspaper for libel.

他起诉那家报社犯有诽谤罪。

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

The ruling set a precedent for future libel cases.

这项裁决为今后的诽谤案提供了判例。

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

Canadian libel law is based on English common law.

加拿大的诽谤法是以英国的习惯法为基础的。

柯林斯例句

He claimed that he had been misquoted and he threatened to sue the magazine for libel.

他声称自己的话被错误地引用，并威胁说要以诽谤罪起诉这家杂志。

柯林斯例句