| 词汇 | calumny |
| 释义 | calumny noun[ C or U ] formaluk /ˈkæl.əm.ni/ us /ˈkæl.əm.ni/ (the act of making) a statement about someone that is not true and is intended to damage the reputation of that person: 诽谤，诬蔑，中伤 He was subjected to the most vicious calumny, but he never complained and never sued.他遭受了最恶毒的诽谤，但从未抱怨也从未起诉。 Synonym hatchet jobinformal Damaging reputation anti-defamation aspersion besmirch black mark blacken blot defame demonize dog drag someone's name through the mire/mudidiom give a dog a bad nameidiom hatchet job scurrilous scurrilously self-immolation show someone in a bad lightidiom slander slur smear tarnish Examples of calumnycalumny Thanks to good consultation, the falsely accused would be able to prove their innocence, while the evil plaintiffs would be charged with calumny. His arbitrary arrest, together with the calumnies and evidence fabricated against him, had helped to forge the revolutionary. Secrecy is of primary importance in societies in which relationships are so personalised, and in which intrigue, calumny, and denunciation are important political strategies. That is surely an unjustified calumny on an honourable profession. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English That again is a calumny, and it has no significance. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He must know that that is a calumny. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Therefore, he said, the charge of malingering was a false calumny. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a myth; an absurd calumny that no objective observer sitting in a court would conceivably support. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Anyone who seeks to maintain the contrary is guilty of base calumny. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I said the suggestion that progressive education denied the difference between right and wrong was a total calumny. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At the same time, it has been subjected to hatred, calumny, spite and vilification, and it has triumphed over all those things. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The idea that we as employers are callous as to the interests of our men is a calumny. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Perhaps he will forgive me a measure of calumny. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He faced with superb courage, calumny, and misrepresentation, bitter calumny and misrepresentation in his own country, misunderstanding as well, and to a certain extent unpopularity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This is a wholly unjustified calumny of his conduct in this instance or, indeed, in his whole political life. 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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