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单词 defame
释义
defame
verb[T]
formal
uk
/dɪˈfeɪm/us
/dɪˈfeɪm/
todamagethereputationof apersonorgroupby saying or writingbadthings about them that are nottrue:
诋毁，中伤，败坏…的名誉
Mr Turnockclaimedtheeditorialhad defamed him.特诺克先生声称那篇社论损害了他的名誉。
Synonyms
besmirchliterary
denigrate
smear
sullyformal
Compare
libelnoun
slandernoun
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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Related words

defamation
defamatory
(Definition ofdefamefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

defame| American Dictionary

defame
verb[T]
us
/dɪˈfeɪm/
todamagesomeone’s or something’sreputationby saying or writingbadthings that are nottrue:
He was behind thepropagandacampaignto defame hispoliticalopponent.

defamation

noun[U]us
/ˌdef·əˈmeɪ·ʃən/
(Definition ofdefamefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

defame| Business English

defame
verb[T]
LAW
uk
/dɪˈfeɪm/us
toharmsomeone'sreputationby saying or writingbadthings about them:
It ispossibleto defame acompanyascompaniesareconsideredto have alegal'personality'.
(Definition ofdefamefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdefame

defame
One discusses the factual value of arguments and does notdefametheir authors.
From theCambridge English Corpus
There are people there whodefameus as being witches.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Khoury chose, however, to jump on his political barricades, defaming the author, but really exposing his infantile wrath and personal prejudice.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Individuals can be grossly misjudged and defamed by such material.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Supposing it should happen that a man has been defamed, has brought an action, and has got damages for it.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Then the person defamed will get his remedy.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I cannot think of any plaintiff believing that he has been defamed who has sought merely an injunction.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It is right that it should be retained to make a decision where a man says that he has been defamed.
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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 the defamatory matter of which the person defamed complained.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Clearly, a person who is defamed should have a right to justice.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
In other words, about people who are perhaps defamed by things which are published and which have previously been stored electronically.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
There may be cases where somebody who is very poor is grossly defamed by a newspaper or by somebody else and suffers great damage.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
An individual was defamed, although the allegations could have been looked at thoroughly.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The fact of being defamed was undoubtedly the worst experience of my life, although some say that birth is pretty traumatic.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Persons who had rendered invaluable service were defamed as dishonest intriguers.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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