libel
libel 英 [ˈlaɪbl] 美 [ˈlaɪbəl]
n. 诽谤罪；诋毁；毁坏名誉的东西；控诉书 vt. 中伤；控告；对…进行诽谤 vi. 进行文字诽谤
进行时:libelling 过去式:libelled 过去分词:libelled 第三人称单数:libels 名词复数:libels
- Libel is the act of publishing a statement about someone that is not true and that gives a bad impression about the person.
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- n. 诽谤罪；诋毁；毁坏名誉的东西；控诉书
- vt. 中伤；控告；对…进行诽谤
- vi. 进行文字诽谤
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1. The woman appeared before the judge on a charge of libel.
这女人就指控犯诽谤罪受法官审判。
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2. I wholly disagree with the argument of the Government that the First Amendment left the common law as to seditious libel in force.
我完全不同意政府提出的那种称《第一条修正案》使有关煽动诽谤罪的普通法继续有效的论点。
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3. A curious aspect of British law is that legislators are allowed to say whatever they want in Parliament, within reason, without being sued for libel.
英国法律制度的好奇的方面是，让立法局议员说，无论他们要在国会中内的理由，不被以诽谤罪起诉。
- libel (n.) c. 1300, "formal written statement, a writing of any kind," especially, in civil law, "plaintiff's statement of charges" (mid-14c.); from Old French libelle (fem.) "small book; (legal) charge, claim; writ; written report" (13c.), from Latin libellus "a little book, pamphlet; petition, written accusation, complaint," diminutive of liber "book" (see library). Meaning "false or defamatory statement" is from 1610s. Specific legal sense of "any published or written statement likely to harm a person's reputation" is first attested 1630s.
- libel (v.) mid-15c., "make an initial statement setting out a plaintiff's case," from libel (n.), which see for sense development. Meaning "defame or discredit by libelous statements" is from c. 1600. Related: Libeled; libelled; libeling; libelling; libellant; libellee.
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