censure
censure 英 [ˈsenʃə(r)] 美 [ˈsɛnʃɚ]
v. 责难，责备 n. 责难
进行时:censuring 过去式:censured 过去分词:censured 第三人称单数:censures 名词复数:censures
- 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.
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