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单词 opprobrious
释义
opprobrious
adjective
formal
uk
/əˈprəʊ.bri.əs/us
/əˈproʊ.bri.əs/
expressingseverecriticismandblame:
抨击的，谴责的
Wedeniedthe opprobriouschargespublishedagainst us.我们否认那些针对我们发表的令人不齿的指控。
They called me by opprobriousnames.他们用恶毒的话骂我。
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opprobrium
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  • She used allmannerof opprobrioustermsabout them.
  • Thefilmattractedthe opprobriousepithet'heritagemovie'.
  • Hecursedthem with most opprobriouslanguage.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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  • animadversion
  • aspersion
  • assail
  • aw
  • backbite
  • criticism
  • dim
  • fault
  • niggle
  • nitpick
  • nitpicking
  • peanut gallery
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  • personalization
  • personalize
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(Definition ofopprobriousfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofopprobrious

opprobrious
I think, speaking from memory, that one must not useopprobriousepithets.
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I would not say anythingopprobriousabout this circular, but it does appear to be a little belated.
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To be told you are in favour of private enterprise is the same as having anopprobriousepithet applied to you.
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The individual concerned will never know in what sense he has transgressed and why he should have earned theopprobriousdescription of "swindler".
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Thoseopprobriouswords are used about him in his official, predatory position, and not as a person.
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A free-for-all should not be regarded as anopprobriousexpression; it should refer to an aim that we should embrace readily, freely and eagerly.
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I do not want in a debate of this kind to introduce anything likeopprobriousepithets.
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I certainly do not accept for a moment theopprobriousepithets in which that supplementary question was clothed.
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The word "animal" is only rarely applied to man, except in anopprobrious, derogatory or contemptuous manner.
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It is anopprobriousphrase, prying, if you do not agree with the activity at all or with the purpose of the activity.
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Would you cause him to withdraw that disgraceful andopprobriousintervention?
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However, in a sense, it is a littleopprobriousto suggest that those qualities could not be found in a member of the forum.
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But let us leave the fixed incomes aside, heavily taxed as some of them are, as theopprobriousrecipients of unearned income.
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The trick was, and still is, to get as manyopprobriousadjectives and adverbs into eight or so sub-paragraphs.
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In the 19th century there were many scandals which, in the terms of those days, were as hateful andopprobriousas those we see today.
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