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单词 censure
释义
censure
noun[U]
formal
uk
/ˈsen.ʃər/us
/ˈsen.ʃɚ/
strongcriticismordisapproval:
指责，斥责，谴责
Hisdishonestbehaviourcame underseverecensure.他的不诚实行为受到了严厉指责。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Disapproving & criticizing
  • anathematize
  • animadversion
  • aspersion
  • assail
  • aw
  • backbite
  • criticism
  • deprecate
  • dim
  • fault
  • niggle
  • nitpick
  • opprobrious
  • peanut gallery
  • people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stonesidiom
  • personalization
  • personalize
  • philippic
  • sarky
  • tear
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censure
verb[T]
formal
uk
/ˈsen.ʃər/us
/ˈsen.ʃɚ/
toexpressstrongcriticismordisapproval:
Ministers were censuredfortheirlackofdecisivenessduring thecrisis.
Thelikelihoodis that he will beseverelycensured andpossiblyalsofined.
Synonyms
attack(CRITICIZE)
castigateformal
chastise(CRITICIZE)formal
condemn
criticize
damn(BLAME)
decryformal
denounce(CRITICIZE)
excoriateformal
railformal
revileformal
slaminformal
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
to show disapproval of someone or something
  • criticizeHe criticized the government's handling of the crisis.
  • attackShe wrote an article attacking the judge and the way the trial had been conducted.
  • condemnShe was condemned for her comments about the candidate.
  • denounceThe government's economic policy has been denounced on all sides.
  • come under fireThe government programme has come under fire for mismanaging funds.
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More examples
  • Thecommissionhas thepowertopubliclycensure orrecommendtheremovalofjudges.
  • Theparliamentcensured thepresidentfor hisrolein apairof multimillion-dollarscandals.
  • Thebillpermitsacounciltoformallycensure acouncillorformisbehaviour.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Disapproving & criticizing
  • anathematize
  • animadversion
  • aspersion
  • assail
  • aw
  • backbite
  • criticism
  • deprecate
  • dim
  • fault
  • niggle
  • nitpick
  • opprobrious
  • peanut gallery
  • people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stonesidiom
  • personalization
  • personalize
  • philippic
  • sarky
  • tear
See more results »
(Definition ofcensurefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
censure
noun[U]
formal
uk
/ˈsen.ʃər/us
/ˈsen.ʃɚ/
strongcriticismordisapproval
指责，斥责，谴责
Hisdishonestbehaviourcame underseverecensure.他的不诚实行为受到了严厉指责。

censure| American Dictionary

censure
noun[U]
us
/ˈsen·ʃər,-tʃər/
strongcriticismordisapproval,esp. when it is theofficialjudgmentof anorganization

censure

verb[T]us
/ˈsen·ʃər,-tʃər/
TheSenaterarelycensuresitsmembers.
(Definition ofcensurefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

censure| Business English

censure
noun[U]
formal
uk
/ˈsensjər/us
/ˈsenʃər/
strongcriticismordisapproval:
Theformerbrokers,chargedwithsellingunsuitableinvestments,facecensure andfinesof $10,000 each.
censure
verb[T]
formal
uk
/ˈsensjər/us
/ˈsenʃər/
tocriticizesomeoneofficially:
censure sb for sthMinisters were censured fortheirlackofdecisivenessduring thecrisis.
EUlawmakersrefusedto censure theEuropeanCommissionoveritshandlingof afraudscandallastyear.
(Definition ofcensurefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcensure

censure
A wide selection of critical comment shows a developing appreciation of a work which has been censured in the past.
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That frustration expressed itself in harshcensureof a metropolis where success apparently had to be won at the price of personal honour.
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This was a way of protecting themselves against ridicule, taunts andcensure(plate 21).
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Among the variables the authors consider are investigatory committees, votes of confidence regarding ministers, rules regarding questioning the executive and soliciting documents,censureand impeachment.
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This attitude often occasioned considerablecensurefrom those who felt that analysis lacked a necessary critical edge.
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The legislature flowered briefly after independence until 1962, when it brought a motion ofcensureagainst the prime minister.
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The need to resume political activity and stop behaving as quasi-diplomats probably led directly to their rashcensuremotion of 1976.
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Moreover, it can also lead tocensure, where - conversely - adherence to convention suggests a failure to write according to feminine (or feminist) principles.
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Punishment entailscensure-it treats the offender as 12.
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Why do wecensurethe existing order without telling people how things should be?
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On the other hand, she certainly seems to deserve no punishment orcensurefor swerving.
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Another strand of argument supports this analysis: one concerning the censuring role of the criminal law.
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Yet, in these cases, we are still puzzled at what to do about punishments and publiccensure.
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Together with thecensureof individual officials, it was the other outstanding feature of popular protest at the beginning of the 16th century.
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It censured two cabinet ministers, withstanding strong resistance from the executive to have thecensuremotion lifted, particularly for one of the ministers.
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