英语词汇“scurrilous”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

adj

If something is scurrilous, it's meant to offend. Scurrilous rumors can give you a bad rep, and scurrilous stories sell tabloid magazines.

If something is scurrilous, it doesn't necessarily mean it isn't true: that celebrity may well be pregnant, on drugs, or getting divorced — or possibly all three — but it does suggest a certain indifference to the truth on the part of the person being scurrilous.

WORD FAMILY

scurrilous: scurrility, scurrilously+/scurrility: scurrilities

USAGE EXAMPLES

They believed outrageous and scurrilous tales about Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, stories that lacked even a shred of truth.

Washington Post(Nov 28, 2016)

So have celebrity worship, scurrilous partisanship, a yearning for “outsider candidates,” and Trump’s own thirst for power.

The New Yorker(Nov 04, 2016)

There’s been plenty of whispered scurrilous talk about Guardiola in the past year or so, verging on a smear campaign.

The Guardian(Oct 19, 2016)

adj expressing offensive reproach

Syn

abusive, opprobrious
offensive

causing anger or annoyance

单词	scurrilous
释义	scurrilous (once / 5727 pages) adj If something is scurrilous, it's meant to offend. Scurrilous rumors can give you a bad rep, and scurrilous stories sell tabloid magazines. If something is scurrilous, it doesn't necessarily mean it isn't true: that celebrity may well be pregnant, on drugs, or getting divorced — or possibly all three — but it does suggest a certain indifference to the truth on the part of the person being scurrilous. WORD FAMILY scurrilous: scurrility, scurrilously+/scurrility: scurrilities USAGE EXAMPLES They believed outrageous and scurrilous tales about Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, stories that lacked even a shred of truth. Washington Post(Nov 28, 2016) So have celebrity worship, scurrilous partisanship, a yearning for “outsider candidates,” and Trump’s own thirst for power. The New Yorker(Nov 04, 2016) There’s been plenty of whispered scurrilous talk about Guardiola in the past year or so, verging on a smear campaign. The Guardian(Oct 19, 2016) adj expressing offensive reproach Syn abusive, opprobrious offensive causing anger or annoyance
随便看	out of stock out of the blue out-of-the-box thinking out of the question out of the way out-of-the-way out of thin air out-of-town out of true out of use out of view out of wedlock out of whack out of work out or keeping outpace outpatient outperform outplay outpoint outport outpost outpouring output output contract