英 [ˈvɪlɪfaɪ] 美 [ˈvɪlɪfaɪ]
vt. 诽谤；中伤；轻视；贬低
第三人称单数vilifies
现在分词vilifying
过去式vilified
过去分词vilified
vilify /ˈvɪlɪˌfaɪ/ [ vilifying vilified vilifies ]
及物动词 If you are vilified by someone, they say or write very unpleasant things about you, so that people will have a low opinion of you. 诽谤
The agency has been vilified by some doctors for being unnecessarily slow to approve life-saving drugs.
该机构因对救生药物的审批速度过慢而备受一些医生的诽谤。
He was vilified, hounded, and forced into exile by the FBI.
他遭到了联邦调查局的诽谤和追捕，被迫流亡国外。
不可数名词
Conchita did not deserve the vilification she had been subjected to.
肯奇塔不该受到这样的诽谤。
spread negative information about
同义词： revile / vituperate / rail
... eulogy n. 悼词；颂词；颂扬；赞词 vilify vt. 诽谤；中伤；轻视；贬低 embalm vt. 铭记于心；使不朽；防腐；使充满香气 ...
... scourge 导致严惩、灾害或痛苦的祸端，祸患 vilify 辱骂，诽谤；把（人或事）说得一无是处 creep 拍马屁者，献媚者 ...
... eulogy n. 悼词；颂词；颂扬；赞词 vilify vt. 诽谤；中伤；轻视；贬低 embalm vt. 铭记于心；使不朽；防腐；使充满香气 ...
vile 卑鄙的；邪恶的；低廉的；肮脏的
vilification 诽谤；中伤；污蔑
vilifier 诽谤者
vilipend 诋毁；轻视
Two chose not to vilify Skilling, however.
然而，也有两个人并不愿诋毁思斯奇林。
"A libel tending to asperse or vilify the house of Commons" (Letters of Junius).
“倾向于诋毁、中伤众议院的诽谤言论”(米尼·厄斯的信件)。
And yet he has found a way to think kindly of those who oppress his people and vilify his name.
但他已找到一种方法，认为这些善意谁压迫他的人民和丑化他的名字。
Heather Heiman is a lawyer there. "We try not to demonize or vilify the international marriage brokerage industry as a whole.
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And so it's an understandable ploy on Milton's part that he needs to vilify Shakespeare by identifying that great poet, his older contemporary, with Comus.
所以就弥尔顿而言，是一个可理解的事,他需要通过认同那伟大的诗句来贬低莎士比亚，用Comus来压倒比他年纪较大的同时代人。
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But we ought to be careful not to vilify this profession while doing so.
Republicans are delighted at the prospect of another two years to vilify Mrs Pelosi.
On the attack, language is used to scapegoat, challenge the competence, or even vilify the opposition.