單詞
calumny
英 ['k?l?mn?]
美['k?l?mni]
基本信息
- n. 誹謗；中傷；誣蔑
GRE暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?calumnies;
中文詞源
calumny 誹謗
來(lái)自PIE *kel, 欺騙，責(zé)備，詞源同cavil, challenge。-mn, 抽象名詞后綴，見(jiàn)column.
英文詞源
- calumny
- calumny: see challenge
- calumny (n.)
- "False & malicious misrepresentation of the words or actions of others, calculated to injure their reputation" [Fowler], mid-15c., from Middle French calomnie (15c.), from Latin calumnia "trickery, subterfuge, misrepresentation, malicious charge," from calvi "to trick, deceive," from PIE root *kel- (6) "to deceive, confuse" (cognates: Greek kelein "to bewitch, seduce, beguile," Gothic holon "to deceive," Old Norse hol "praise, flattery," Old English hol "slander," holian "to slander").
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. He was the victim of calumny.
- 他遭到誣蔑。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. Calumny is answered best with silence.
- 沉默可以止謗.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 3. Calumny require no proof.
- 誹謗無(wú)需證據(jù).
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 4. Calumny requires no proof.
- 誹謗無(wú)需證據(jù)。
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 5. Calumny , even from the mouth of a fool, will sometimes cut into unguarded feelings.
- 即使出自一個(gè)傻瓜之口的誹謗, 有時(shí)候也會(huì)突然刺傷一個(gè)沒(méi)有防備的人的感情.
來(lái)自辭典例句
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