- Censure is a noun referring to very strong criticism; the verb means to criticize very strongly. If you take your dad's car without telling him, you can expect him to censure you severely, and maybe even ground you as well.
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- v. 责难，责备
- n. 责难
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1. a vote of censure on the government's foreign policy
投票表决谴责政府的外交政策
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2. He was censured for leaking information to the press.
他因泄露消息给新闻界而受到谴责。
- censure (n.) late 14c., "judicial sentence," originally ecclesiastical, from Latin censura "judgment, opinion," also "office of a censor," from census, past participle of censere "appraise, estimate, assess" (see censor (n.)). General sense of "a finding of fault and an expression of condemnation" is from c. 1600.
- censure (v.) 1580s, "to judge, adjudge" (now obsolete); 1590s, "to criticize adversely, find fault with and condemn," from censure (n.) or else from French censurer, from censure (n.). Related: Censured; censuring.
cen·sure / ˈsenʃə(r) ; NAmE ˈsenʃər / noun , verb censure censures censured censuring noun [uncountable ] ( formal) strong criticism 严厉的批评；斥责；谴责 ◆ a vote of censure on the government's foreign policy 投票表决谴责政府的外交政策 verb censuresb (for sth) ( formal) to criticize sb severely, and often publicly, because of sth they have done （公开地）严厉斥责，谴责 SYN rebuke ◆ He was censured for leaking information to the press. 他因泄露消息给新闻界而受到谴责。 cen·sure / ˈsenʃə(r) ; NAmE ˈsenʃər /
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