vilify

英 ['vɪlɪfaɪ] 美['vɪlɪfaɪ]
  • vt. 诽谤;中伤;轻视;贬低

GRE

词态变化


第三人称单数: vilifies;过去式: vilified;过去分词: vilified;现在分词: vilifying;名词: vilification;

中文词源


vilify 中伤

来自vile,邪恶的,-fy,使,即中伤,使邪恶。

英英释意


1. spread negative information about;
"The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews"

英文词源


vilify (v.)
mid-15c., "to lower in worth or value," from Late Latin vilificare "to make cheap or base; to esteem of little value," from Latin vilis "cheap, base" (see vile) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Meaning "to slander, speak evil of" is first recorded 1590s. Related: Vilified, vilifying.

实用场景例句


[不可数名词]the vilification of single parents by right-wing politicians
右翼政客对单亲的诋毁

牛津词典

The agency has been vilified by some doctors for being unnecessarily slow to approve life-saving drugs...
该机构因对救生药物的审批速度太慢而备受一些医生的诟病。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He was vilified, hounded, and forced into exile by the FBI.
他遭到了联邦调查局的诬蔑和追捕,被迫流亡国外。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Why is he always trying to vilify my reputation?
为什么他总是想方设法毁坏我的名誉?

期刊摘选

But I also do not want people to vilify.
但希望我也别给人诬蔑.

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Two chose not to vilify Skilling, however.
然而,也有两个人并不愿诋毁思斯奇林.

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Men flatter her and then betray her. Her people embrace her and then vilify hr.
阿谀奉承的人背叛她, 拥护她的国民唾弃她.

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They branded her an apostate by imperial forces to vilify Islam. ""
他们指责她为“帝国主义者派来低毁伊斯兰教的叛教者 ”.

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