vilify
vilify 英 [ˈvɪlɪfaɪ] 美 [ˈvɪləˌfaɪ]
vt. 诽谤；中伤；轻视；贬低
进行时:vilifying 过去式:vilified 过去分词:vilified 第三人称单数:vilifies
- To vilify someone is to spread nasty stories about them, whether true or not.
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- vt. 诽谤；中伤；轻视；贬低
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1. A clutch of Maoist websites frequently vilify intellectuals such as Mr Mao.
一群毛主义网站经常恶毒诽谤茅先生这样的知识分子。
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2. Those wishing to vilify Ono as a scheming individual found that the term “dragon lady” served their purposes rather well, and they never seemed to shrink from applying it.
那些试图诽谤小野，将小野丑化为一个诡计多端的人，发现 “龙女”一词正合他们的目的，并且他们似乎从来没有不愿意运用这一术语。
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3. He continued, “I think that the disclosure around one transaction being the justification to vilify Goldman Sachs or to pass regulatory reform is just incredible.”
他继续评论道：“指望一起商业泄密事件来中伤高盛或借此通过金融改革是不能让人信服的。”
- vilify (v.) mid-15c., "to lower in worth or value," from Late Latin vilificare "to make cheap or base; to esteem of little value," from Latin vilis "cheap, base" (see vile) + combining form of facere "to make" (from PIE root *dhe- "to set, put"). Meaning "to slander, speak evil of" is first recorded 1590s. Related: Vilified, vilifying.
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