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单词 decry
释义
decry
verb[T]
formal
uk
/dɪˈkraɪ/us
/dɪˈkraɪ/
tocriticizesomething asbad, withoutvalue, orunnecessary:
斥责，谴责，抨击
Lawyers decried theimprisonmentof severaljournalists.律师们对几名记者遭到监禁表示谴责。
Synonyms
attack(CRITICIZE)
castigateformal
censureformal
chastise(CRITICIZE)formal
condemn
criticize
damn(BLAME)
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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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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(Definition ofdecryfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

decry| American Dictionary

decry
verb[T]
us
/dɪˈkrɑɪ/
topubliclycriticizesomething as beingundesirableorharmful:
Mitchell decried the highrateofunemploymentin thestate.
(Definition ofdecryfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdecry

decry
They are central to who we are, and cannot simply be dismissed, decried, or ignored.
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Theydecrydeconstruction as tantamount to demolition, turning moral philosophy into mere cultural studies.
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It hired a publicist who issued a statement in late 1937, decrying the lack of federal competitions.
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Todecryhis independence from sociohistorical forces was not a realistic option.
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The author decries the 1980s campaign to make depression a major public health problem.
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Some communitarian philosophers have decried this situation and noted that this stance cannot impede the advance of suspect technologies.
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My last comment is not a criticism, because reviews should notdecrywhat the author did not set out to do.
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Many journalists decried the appearance that the last continent was being militarised.
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She decries simplistic identifications and those based on quotations taken out of context.
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It must be seen as a conscious rejection of the existing literary code of the time, which decried such subjects as inappropriate for respectable women.
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The articles often extol the chance to improve on nature anddecrythe idea that anatomy is destiny.
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It also has articulate defenders whodecryattempts to separate spirituality from religion.
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They fly under the radar of much globalization theory (and the cultural legislators thatdecrythe effects of globalization).
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Hammond was never perturbed that his work was often decried as being tainted by the aroma of usefulness.
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Instead, an egalitarian notion is assumed and disparities between this concept and actual practice are exposed and decried.
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