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单词 vilify
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vilify

verb
/ˈvɪlɪfaɪ/
/ˈvɪlɪfaɪ/
(formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they vilify
/ˈvɪlɪfaɪ/
/ˈvɪlɪfaɪ/
he / she / it vilifies
/ˈvɪlɪfaɪz/
/ˈvɪlɪfaɪz/
past simple vilified
/ˈvɪlɪfaɪd/
/ˈvɪlɪfaɪd/
past participle vilified
/ˈvɪlɪfaɪd/
/ˈvɪlɪfaɪd/
-ing form vilifying
/ˈvɪlɪfaɪɪŋ/
/ˈvɪlɪfaɪɪŋ/
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  1. to say or write unpleasant things about somebody/something so that other people will have a low opinion of them
    • vilify somebody/something A campaign was mounted to vilify the leaders of the organization.
    • She has been vilified and misunderstood by her community.
    • vilify somebody/something as something They were vilified by the press as ‘international terrorists’.
    • vilify somebody/something for (doing) something We shouldn't vilify people for being successful.
    synonym malign, revile
    Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘lower in value’): from late Latin vilificare, from Latin vilis ‘of low value’.
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