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单词 vilify
释义
vilify
verb[T]
formal
uk
/ˈvɪl.ɪ.faɪ/us
/ˈvɪl.ə.faɪ/
to say or writeunpleasantthings about someone or something, inordertocauseotherpeopleto have abadopinionof them:
诋毁，诬蔑；丑化；贬低
He was vilified by thepressasamonster.他被新闻界丑化成一个变态的怪物。
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revileformal
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  • give a dog a bad nameidiom
  • hurl/throw/sling mud atsomeoneidiom
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vilification
(Definition ofvilifyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

vilify| American Dictionary

vilify
verb[T]
fml
us
/ˈvɪl·əˌfɑɪ/
to say or writeunpleasantthings about someone or something, inordertocauseotherpeopleto have abadopinionof thatpersonor thing:
Heclaimedhe wasunfairlyvilified by thepress.
(Definition ofvilifyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofvilify

vilify
Now that madrasahs are filling some of the unmet demand for schooling, they have been repeatedly vilified.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Or perhaps they discounted the charge as yet another transparent attempt tovilifythe poet, rather than a legitimate and substantive comparison.
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In fact, they vilified the international market to such an extent that foreign military threats and hostile foreign diplomacy became insignificant.
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It was both celebrated as "picturesque" and vilified as a source of contamination.
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Critics of state policy were vilified in the media as traitors.
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The materials examined allow tentative judgements about a group which has been vilified in the historiography of the subject.
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The cabinet preferred tovilifymany aspects of its behaviour at the very time its support was needed most.
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Hate speech does not just express discriminator y attitudes; it wounds, threatens, and vilifies its audience in ways that evoke visceral rather than articulate response.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The excessive irritability that often accompanies both the manic and depressive poles can lead to pervasive interpersonal conflict and the tendency to eithervilifyor idealize others.
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Bramsbury's depiction does not suggest an idyllic, temperate working class who were unfairly vilified by the press and higher classes.
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She would be vilified in the press.
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By contrast, it does not seem difficult to imagine an open and vigorous discussion of affirmative action that did not permit the use of racial epithets tovilifyand wound.
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She will be vilified in the press.
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It was then vilified in the press because it had taken up an issue relating to safety and quality control.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Certain members of the community have been vilified by pernicious legislation, and this should be an opportunity for us to remove it.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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