Libel
[ 'laɪbl ]
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n. 文字诽谤;诋毁;中伤;诽谤罪;
v. 对…进行诽谤;发表文字诽谤;
💡 词根助记
lib(book)+el(small)→诽谤人的文字、盲词或图书；诽谤；讽刺
📝 例句
The greater the truth, the worse the libel.
〔谚语〕事情越真实，诽谤越厉害。
commit libel
犯诽谤罪
This photograph is a libel on him.
这张相片有损他的形象((照得丑恶不堪))。
You libel her beauty with your faint praise.
你含糊其词的赞美实际上损害了她俊美的形象((简直是在毁谤))。
a libel on my character
对我人格的污蔑
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ li-拼音“力”,ble-able能:力所能及的→可能的
※ lib-lip嘴唇,bel-bell铃:嘴象铃铛一样的诽谤
※ libel-诽谤,label-标签:诽谤是给人家贴上罪恶的标签
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
libel
n
1 [C] false written or printed statement that damages sb's reputation 诽谤性文字.
2 [U] (law 律) act of publishing such a statement 发表诽谤性文字
sue a newspaper for libel 控告某报刊登诽谤性文字
[attrib 作定语]
libel proceedings 诽谤文字的诉讼.
3 [C] ~ (on sb) (infml 口) thing that tends to harm the reputation of sb/sth 有损某人[某事物]名誉的事物
That interview was an absolute libel on a honest man. 那篇采访报道完全是对一诚实人的诽谤. Cf 参看 slander. libel, v (-ll-; US -l-) [Tn]
harm the reputation of (sb) by publishing a false statement （发表文字等）诽谤, 中伤, 诋毁（某人的）声誉.
🔁 扩展释义
*['laibәl]n. 以文字损害名誉, 诽谤罪, 侮辱vt. 诽谤, 中伤, 损害名誉vi. 诽谤, 中伤, 损害名誉【法】 诽谤, 诽谤罪, 文字诽谤相关词组: sue sb for libel
📖 同为「GRE」词汇
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What made you pick this job?
你为什么选择这个工作？
Death pays all debts.
人死百债了。
an Englishman, Sir John Hawkwood, made the remarkable discovery that people would rather pay large sums of money than have their life work destroyed by gangsters.
人们情愿拿出大笔的钱，也不愿毕生的心血毁于歹徒之手。