| 词汇 | pillory |
| 释义 | pillory verb[ T ] uk /ˈpɪl.ər.i/ us /ˈpɪl.ɚ.i/ to severely criticize someone, especially in a public way: 严厉抨击;（尤指）公开批评 Although regularly pilloried by the press as an obnoxious loudmouth, he is, nonetheless, an effective politician.尽管经常被新闻媒体辱骂为说话不中听的讨厌鬼，但他毕竟还是个有影响力的政客。 Disapproving & criticizing anathematize animadversion aspersion aw backbite barrel bash belabour boo disapprobation knock knocker let someone have both barrelsidiom low blow mordacious mordancy pile slam there you goidiom union-basher Examples of pillorypillory He even ridiculed his illustrious musical fellow tribesmen, pillorying them mercilessly for their claims to be artists; it was impossible to deceive him for long. Major offences against honour by inhabitants were seldom followed by a punishment at the pillory. So dramatists who fall below the standard of good usage - and here we are clearly dealing with the substandard - must be pilloried and their influence checked. Here in a pillory made fast. I believe that if we were to take such a light and frivolous decision it would put us into the pillory all around the world. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When known, they were shunned, and when detected, they were pilloried. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have no desire or intention to pillory any firm. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Their actions have led to the whole sector being publicly pilloried. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a very simple suggestion, but in would at once, so to speak, pillory the questions which entailed expenditure. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I repeat that the only people who would be pilloried are those of whom something not very honourable would be disclosed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If we had not done it in that way, we should have been pilloried for extravagance in advertising in the wrong place. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have mentioned several times the fact that local education authorities do not want to have discretion because they would be pilloried at local elections. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But it is brought forward by people who want to continue these people in the pillory for all time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Give us a chance of defending ourselves, and allow us to put other people in the pillory. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Will he stop pillorying consumer expenditure in the way that he has done in recent speeches? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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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