discredit 英 [dɪsˈkredɪt]   美 [dɪsˈkrɛdɪt]

discredit

discredit  英 [dɪsˈkredɪt] 美 [dɪsˈkrɛdɪt]

vt. 不信;使……丢脸  n. 怀疑;无信用;名声的败坏 

进行时:discrediting  过去式:discredited  过去分词:discredited  第三人称单数:discredits  名词复数:discredits 

There was good reason to discredit the witness. 有充分的理由怀疑此证人。
It is unprecedented for prosecutors to discredit their own star witness. 检察官怀疑自己的主要证人,这是史无前例的。

  • Discredit means to cause mistrust or cast the accuracy of something into doubt. If you say that schooling is important to you, but you never study, your actions discredit you and your words.
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  • vt. 不信;使……丢脸
  • n. 怀疑;无信用;名声的败坏
  • 1. There was good reason to discredit the witness.

    有充分的理由怀疑此证人。

  • 2. It is unprecedented for prosecutors to discredit their own star witness.

    检察官怀疑自己的主要证人,这是史无前例的。

  • 3. Much of it was a fairly neutral discussion, but at one point he suddenly said that you must realize that we will not hesitate to discredit you in favor of disarmament.

    这次谈话主要是一次很中立的讨论,不过他突然说了这么一句你们必须意识到对怀疑你们赞成裁军是好不犹豫的。

  • discredit (v.) 1550s, from dis- "opposite of" + credit (v.). Related: Discredited; discrediting; discreditable; discreditably.
dis·credit / dɪsˈkredɪt ; NAmE dɪsˈkredɪt / verb , noun discredit discredits discredited discrediting verb 1 discreditsb/sth to make people stop respecting sb/sth 败坏…的名声;使丧失信誉;使丢脸 The photos were deliberately taken to discredit the President. 这些蓄意拍摄的照片旨在败坏总统的名声。 a discredited government/policy 名声扫地的政府;失去信誉的政策 2 discreditsth to make people stop believing that sth is true; to make sth appear unlikely to be true 使不相信;使怀疑;使不可置信 These theories are now largely discredited among linguists. 这些理论现已大多受到语言学家的质疑。 noun [uncountable ] ( formal) damage to sb's reputation; loss of respect 名誉丧失;信誉丧失;丢脸 Violent football fans bring discredit onthe teams they support. 狂暴的足球迷败坏了他们所支持球队的声誉。 Britain, to its discredit,did not speak out against these atrocities. 英国没有公开反对这些残暴行为,使其名誉扫地。 compare credit n.  (7 ) dis·credit / dɪsˈkredɪt ; NAmE dɪsˈkredɪt /
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