Libel
['laɪb(ə)l] or ['laɪbl]
解释:
(noun.) the written statement of a plaintiff explaining the cause of action (the defamation) and any relief he seeks.
(noun.) a false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living person.
(verb.) print slanderous statements against; 'The newspaper was accused of libeling him'.
芭比整理--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) A brief writing of any kind, esp. a declaration, bill, certificate, request, supplication, etc.
(n.) Any defamatory writing; a lampoon; a satire.
(n.) A malicious publication expressed either in print or in writing, or by pictures, effigies, or other signs, tending to expose another to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule. Such publication is indictable at common law.
(n.) The crime of issuing a malicious defamatory publication.
(n.) A written declaration or statement by the plaintiff of his cause of action, and of the relief he seeks.
(v. t.) To defame, or expose to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule, by a writing, picture, sign, etc.; to lampoon.
(v. t.) To proceed against by filing a libel, particularly against a ship or goods.
(v. i.) To spread defamation, written or printed; -- with against.
迭戈手打
同义词及近义词:
n. [1]. Lampoon, pasquinade, defamatory publication.[2]. (Law.) Charge, statement of complaint.
v. a. [1]. Lampoon, defame (by some publication).[2]. (Law.) Proceed against by a libel, bring a charge against.
休整理
同义词及反义词:
SYN:Defamation, detraction, traducement, calumny, slander, defamatory_publication,lampoon
ANT:Retraction, vindication, apology, eulogy, panegyric, puff, advocacy, encomium
欧文整理
解释:
n. a written accusation: any malicious defamatory publication or statement: (law) the statement of a plaintiff's grounds of complaint against a defendant.—v.t. to defame by a libel: to satirise unfairly: (law) to proceed against by producing a written complaint:—pr.p. lī′belling; pa.t. and pa.p. lī′belled.—ns. Lī′bellant one who brings a libel; Lī′beller; Lī′belling defaming.—adj. Lī′bellous containing a libel: defamatory.—adv. Lī′bellously.
杰里米整理
例句:
- The overt act charged in the indictment was a libel found in his private study. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
- The Duke of Leinster tells me that it is not severe, nor does it, he says, contain any libel. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- If you mean libel, I'd say so, and not talk about labels, as if Papa was a pickle bottle, advised Jo, laughing. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- But if you set forth the foibles of Londoners as plainly as you did in 'The Honey Bees,' I am afraid you would have half a dozen libel cases. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- Those who are hostile to me are glad to believe any libel uttered by a loose tongue against me. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- In the conduct of my newspaper I carefully excluded all libelling and personal abuse, which is of late years become so disgraceful to our country. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
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