denounce
verb[T]
uk/dɪˈnaʊns/us/dɪˈnaʊns/denounceverb[T](CRITICIZE)
tocriticizesomething or someonestronglyandpublicly:
(公开)谴责,痛斥The government'seconomicpolicyhas been denounced on allsides.政府的经济政策受到了各方面的谴责。
We must denounceinjusticeandoppression.我们必须对不公和压迫现象予以谴责。
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.
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
denounceverb[T](ACCUSE)
toaccusesomeonepubliclyof being something that isbadorwrong:
检举;告发Hisformercolleagueshave denounced himasaspy.他以前的同事告发他是间谍。
Blaming & accusing
- a bad workman blames his toolsidiom
- accusatory
- accuser
- accusingly
- allegedly
- attribution
- blame
- contributory negligence
- denunciation
- finger
- incriminate
- indict
- lay
- laysomethingatsomeone'sdooridiom
- levelsomethingagainst/atsomeone
- lightning conductor
- McCarthyite
- misattribute
- nail
- sacrificial lamb