defame
defame 英 [dɪˈfeɪm] 美 [dɪˈfem]
v. 诽谤；中伤
进行时:defaming 过去式:defamed 过去分词:defamed 第三人称单数:defames
- Even though Joan Jett sang about not minding her bad reputation, most of us don't want others to defame us. To defame is to gossip, even if the story is made-up, with the goal of hurting someone's image.
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- v. 诽谤；中伤
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1. We expect politicians to defame each other in an election year.
我们预料政客们在选举年会互相诽谤。
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2. Those who defame and insult China should ask themselves: Who on earth are doing the so-called “Crackdown”?
那些自以为是，对中国诽谤谩骂的人不妨扪心自问，到底是谁在搞“镇压”？
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3. They frequently harass their victims by contacting their friends, colleagues, online contacts, etc., to either defame them or to gain pertinent information about their personal and professional lives.
他们通过不断的联系他们的朋友，同学，在线联系人等等或是诽谤他们或者是获取他们个人和职业生涯相关的信息，给受害者造成麻烦。
- defame (v.) c. 1300, from Old French defamer (13c., Modern French diffamer), from Medieval Latin defamare, from Latin diffamare "to spread abroad by ill report, make a scandal of," from dis- suggestive of ruination + fama "a report, rumor" (from PIE root *bha- (2) "to speak, tell, say"). Related: Defamed; defaming.
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