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单词 defamatory
释义
defamatory
adjective
formal
uk
/dɪˈfæm.ə.tər.i/us
/dɪˈfæm.ə.tɔːr.i/
damagingthereputationof apersonorgroupby saying or writingbadthings about them that are nottrue:
诋毁的，中伤的，败坏他人名誉的
Heclaimstheremarkswerehighlydefamatory.他声称这些言论是严重的诽谤。
Themagazinehadrefusedtowithdrawthe defamatoryallegations.该杂志拒绝撤回具有诽谤性的指控。
See
defame
More examples
  • Messages which may beconsidereddefamatory will not bepublished.
  • Thebookcontainsdefamatorymaterialabout her and she isentitledtoprotectherreputation.
  • Thecourtsfoundsome of thestatementsdefamatory.
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 ofdefamatoryfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

defamatory| Business English

defamatory
adjective
LAW
uk
/dɪˈfæmətəri/us
/dɪˈfæmətɔri/
likelytoharmsomeone'sreputation:
defamatoryremarks/statements/allegations
She said thestorywas "completelyuntrueandhighlydefamatory."
(Definition ofdefamatoryfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdefamatory

defamatory
This ' haggis defence ' failed, since spreading false scurrilous reports was asdefamatoryas inventing them.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The lower ratios of women in the university courts is possibly explained by their admission of a far broader range of insults asdefamatory.
From theCambridge English Corpus
It would certainly be misleading to support such an interpretation by appealing to thedefamatorymeaning of ficus.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The content of mostdefamatorystatements mirror this trend, as does the time frame of their appearances, namely the latter part of the sixteenth century.
From theCambridge English Corpus
I have sorted out from my voluminous mail this morning three documents, three letters to me, all of adefamatoryand obscene character.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
A good newspaper, it is said, is a collection of official secrets interspersed withdefamatorystatements and contempts of court.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Suppose one of these gentlemen is guilty of utteringdefamatorystatements in the course of his work.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It could not go on so long as it contained thedefamatorymatter of which the person defamed complained.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Reverting to my own sphere of practice, it is often asked of me and my fellow defamation specialists how one defines what isdefamatory.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Any statement in certain circumstances can bedefamatoryand no one can advise with any certainty on this.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
What protection would there be againstdefamatorystatements made here?
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
What is the position to be if the report isdefamatory?
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Sometimes of course the report will bedefamatory.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
If the newspapers were capable of exercising restraint which protected them effectively from publishing thesedefamatorystatements, why should they not go on doing so?
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Indeed, not all of those who publishdefamatorystatements would be necessarily regarded as any one of those, using everyday language.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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