| 词汇 | badmouthing |
| 释义 | badmouthing present participle ofbad-mouth bad-mouth verb[ T ] informal(alsobadmouth)uk /ˈbæd.maʊθ/ us /ˈbæd.maʊθ/ to say bad things about someone to other people: 苛刻地批评 Her co-workers bad-mouthed her to her boss. You'll never hear him badmouthing an opponent. You can promote your own qualities in a positive way without bad-mouthing others. This woman is running around badmouthing a very successful scheme. Instead of bad-mouthing those who do well, we should congratulate them for their achievements. He is understood to be privately furious at the way he has been bad-mouthed. In private party members are badmouthing their leader. Disapproving & criticizing anathematize animadversion aspersion aw backbite barrel bash belabour disapprobation knock knocker let someone have both barrelsidiom low blow mordacious mordancy pile poorly slam there you goidiom union-basher Examples of badmouthingbadmouthing In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Badmouthing the theory is undoubtedly one of the safest ways to make small talk in bioethical meetings. Consistently throughout the book, people are badmouthing her as she passes them on the street. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Both of them attempt to prove themselves in the industry while badmouthing the other's business to clients. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Teachers at the school have learned to ignore him or risk being fired by the principal for badmouthing a student. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The video also showed her badmouthing her sorority sisters, and her past dorky self. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Take away their incentive with badmouthing success and you take away the wealth that helps us take care of the needy. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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