denounce
基本释义
[verb] publicly declare to be wrong or evil
[动词] 公开宣称是错的或邪恶的
深入解读
Denounce 是一个与小站之前推送过的 renounce 不仅十分形似而且容易混淆的单词。该词源自拉丁语 denuntiare (宣布、宣告;谴责、威胁;指挥、命令),14世纪初经古法语进入英语后原指“宣布,以正式的方式使人知道”,不过这个含义现在已不再流行。
发展到今天, denounce 主要用来表示“谴责、指责、痛斥”,多指因强烈地感到对方是错的或邪恶的而进行公开严厉的批判指责,比如:
- 新上任的政府的经济政策受到了各方面的谴责。与此同时,现行货币政策也抑制了经济的发展。
The newly inaugurated government’s economic policy has been denounced on all sides. - Meanwhile, the current monetary policy is also strangling the economy.
这项工程被斥责为挥霍公款,令人愤慨。
The project was denounced as a scandalous waste of public money.
另外,自15世纪末期起, denounce 还被用来表示“告发、检举”,多指将某人的非法政治活动告诉警察或执政当局,比如:
- 他以前的同事们告发他是间谍。我不知道是不是真的,但他有点让人捉摸不透,这一点是肯定的。
His former colleagues have denounced him as a spy. I wonder whether it is true, but he is something of an enigma, that’s for sure.
影视例句
But if you tell Granny I said so, I’ll denounce you as a liar.
但你要是敢把我的话告诉奶奶,我就说你撒谎。
出自2010年首播的英国时代迷你剧《唐顿庄园》(Downton Abbey)。
外刊例句
- President Donald Trump took to Twitter to denounce Mr Draghi for “unfair” currency manipulation.
特朗普在推特上谴责德拉吉“不公平”操纵汇率。
——《经济学人》 - As immigration activists gathered in Lower Manhattan on Friday afternoon, chanting in Spanish to denounce the Supreme Court deadlock that effectively shut down President Obama’s program of deportation relief, a group of eight advocates stood quietly in the back.
周五下午,移民活动人士聚集在曼哈顿下城,用西班牙语高喊口号,谴责最高法院的僵持局面,与此同时,一个由八名倡导人士组成的团体安静地站在后面。最高法院此次票数持平的结果,实际上禁止了奥巴马总统的驱逐出境救助项目。
——《纽约时报》
AI释义
词义: “denounce” 是一个动词,意为谴责、公开指责或宣布某人或某事物为不道德、错误或违法。它通常表示对某人的行为或观点进行公开谴责或批评。
词源: “denounce” 这个词源于拉丁语中的 “denuntiare”,意为 “宣布、公开指责”。
用法: “denounce” 一词常用作动词,用于描述公开谴责或指责某人或某事。以下是一些详细的用法和相关短语:
- 动词用法:
- The government denounced the terrorist attack and vowed to bring the perpetrators to justice.(政府谴责了恐怖袭击事件,并发誓将肇事者绳之以法。)
- The organization issued a statement denouncing the company’s unethical practices.(该组织发表声明谴责该公司的不道德行为。)
- She was denounced by her colleagues for betraying their trust.(她因背叛同事们的信任而受到同事们的指责。)
以下是一些与 “denounce” 相关的常见短语:
- Denounce someone/something: 谴责某人/某事
- Publicly denounce: 公开谴责
- Denounce as a liar: 谴责为撒谎者
- Denounce an injustice: 谴责不公正行为
- Denounce corruption: 谴责腐败
- Denounce a dictator: 谴责独裁者
- Denounce wrongdoing: 谴责不当行为
- Denounce a crime: 谴责犯罪行为
- Denounce human rights abuses: 谴责侵犯人权行为
- Denounce hypocrisy: 谴责伪善
同近义词
condemn: express complete disapproval of, typically in public; censure
censure: express severe disapproval of (someone or something), especially in a formal statement
decry: publicly denounce