| 词汇 | defamatory |
| 释义 | defamatory adjective formaluk /dɪˈfæm.ə.tər.i/ us /dɪˈfæm.ə.tɔːr.i/ damaging the reputation of a person or group by saying or writing bad things about them that are not true: 诋毁的，中伤的，败坏他人名誉的 highly defamatoryHe claims the remarks were highly defamatory.他声称这些言论是严重的诽谤。 The magazine had refused to withdraw the defamatory allegations.该杂志拒绝撤回具有诽谤性的指控。 See defame Messages which may be considered defamatory will not be published. The book contains defamatory material about her and she is entitled to protect her reputation. The courts found some of the statements defamatory. 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 defamatory | Business Englishdefamatory adjective LAWuk /dɪˈfæmətəri/ us /dɪˈfæmətɔri/ likely to harm someone's reputation: defamatory remarks/statements/allegations She said the story was "completely untrue and highly defamatory." Examples of defamatorydefamatory This ' haggis defence ' failed, since spreading false scurrilous reports was as defamatory as inventing them. The lower ratios of women in the university courts is possibly explained by their admission of a far broader range of insults as defamatory. It would certainly be misleading to support such an interpretation by appealing to the defamatory meaning of ficus. The content of most defamatory statements mirror this trend, as does the time frame of their appearances, namely the latter part of the sixteenth century. I have sorted out from my voluminous mail this morning three documents, three letters to me, all of a defamatory and obscene character. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A good newspaper, it is said, is a collection of official secrets interspersed with defamatory statements and contempts of court. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Suppose one of these gentlemen is guilty of uttering defamatory statements in the course of his work. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It could not go on so long as it contained the defamatory matter of which the person defamed complained. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Reverting to my own sphere of practice, it is often asked of me and my fellow defamation specialists how one defines what is defamatory. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Any statement in certain circumstances can be defamatory and no one can advise with any certainty on this. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What protection would there be against defamatory statements made here? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What is the position to be if the report is defamatory? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Sometimes of course the report will be defamatory. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If the newspapers were capable of exercising restraint which protected them effectively from publishing these defamatory statements, why should they not go on doing so? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Indeed, not all of those who publish defamatory statements would be necessarily regarded as any one of those, using everyday language. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of defamatory 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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