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单词 calumny
释义
calumny
noun[CorU]
formal
uk
/ˈkæl.əm.ni/us
/ˈkæl.əm.ni/
(theactof making) astatementabout someone that is nottrueand isintendedtodamagethereputationof thatperson:
诽谤，诬蔑，中伤
He wassubjectedto the mostviciouscalumny, but he nevercomplainedand neversued.他遭受了最恶毒的诽谤，但从未抱怨也从未起诉。
Synonym
hatchet jobinformal
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Damaging reputation
  • anti-defamation
  • aspersion
  • besmirch
  • black mark
  • blacken
  • blot
  • dog
  • dragsomeone'sname through the mire/mudidiom
  • give a dog a bad nameidiom
  • hurl/throw/sling mud atsomeoneidiom
  • impugn
  • poison
  • show someone in a bad lightidiom
  • slander
  • slanderer
  • slanderous
  • slanderously
  • smear
  • stab
  • stain
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(Definition ofcalumnyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcalumny

calumny
Thanks to good consultation, the falsely accused would be able to prove their innocence, while the evil plaintiffs would be charged withcalumny.
From theCambridge English Corpus
His arbitrary arrest, together with the calumnies and evidence fabricated against him, had helped to forge the revolutionary.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Secrecy is of primary importance in societies in which relationships are so personalised, and in which intrigue,calumny, and denunciation are important political strategies.
From theCambridge English Corpus
That is surely an unjustifiedcalumnyon an honourable profession.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
That again is acalumny, and it has no significance.
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He must know that that is acalumny.
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Therefore, he said, the charge of malingering was a falsecalumny.
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It is a myth; an absurdcalumnythat no objective observer sitting in a court would conceivably support.
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Anyone who seeks to maintain the contrary is guilty of basecalumny.
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I said the suggestion that progressive education denied the difference between right and wrong was a totalcalumny.
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At the same time, it has been subjected to hatred,calumny, spite and vilification, and it has triumphed over all those things.
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The idea that we as employers are callous as to the interests of our men is acalumny.
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Perhaps he will forgive me a measure ofcalumny.
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He faced with superb courage,calumny, and misrepresentation, bittercalumnyand misrepresentation in his own country, misunderstanding as well, and to a certain extent unpopularity.
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This is a wholly unjustifiedcalumnyof his conduct in this instance or, indeed, in his whole political life.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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