| 单词 | defame |
| 释义 | defame (once / 3312 pages) v Even though Joan Jett sang about not minding her bad reputation, most of us don't want others to defame us. To defame is to gossip, even if the story is made-up, with the goal of hurting someone's image. We usually think of fame as a positive thing. Love, admiration, and people wanting to be like you — it all comes with the territory. The de- in defame means "remove." So if someone tries to defame a person, fame — or a good reputation — is taken away. Celebrities protect themselves from those who want to defame them, arming themselves with lawyers. WORD FAMILYdefame: defamation, defamatory, defamed, defamer, defames, defaming+/defamation: defamations/defamer: defamers/fame: defame, fames, famous/famous: famouser, famousest, famously USAGE EXAMPLES“Clearly the instigator of this media lynching is looking for her 15 minutes of fame, by defaming me in her novel.” Time(Dec 30, 2016) Mr Ramsey claimed the TV network, production company Critical Content and expert interviewees conspired to defame him for publicity and profit. BBC(Dec 29, 2016) General Dostum’s office, in a statement, called the accusation a conspiracy to defame the vice president. New York Times(Dec 13, 2016) v charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation Syn|Hypo|Hyper asperse, besmirch, calumniate, denigrate, slander, smear, smirch, sully assassinate destroy or damage seriously, as of someone's reputation libelprint slanderous statements against badmouth, drag through the mud, malign, traducespeak unfavorably about accuse, charge blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against |
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