Calumny
['kæləmnɪ] or ['kæləmni]
解釋/意思:
(n.) False accusation of a crime or offense, maliciously made or reported, to the injury of another; malicious misrepresentation; slander; detraction.
手打:玛莎
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Slander (known to be false), defamation, aspersion, backbiting, detraction, abuses, scandal, obloquy, false accusation.
校對:莎娜
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Slander, defamation, detraction, libel, traducement, backbiting, opprobrium,aspersion
ANT:Vindication, clearance, eulogy, panegyric
錄入:奥维尔
解釋/意思:
n. false accusation: slander.—v.t. Calum′niāte to accuse falsely: to slander.—v.i. to spread evil reports.—ns. Calum′niātion; Calum′niātor.—adjs. Calum′niātory Calum′nious of the nature of calumny: slanderous.—adv. Calum′niously.—Oath of calumny a method in the law of Scotland for the prevention of calumnious and unnecessary suits by which both parties at the beginning of a cause swear either by themselves or their counsel that the facts set forth by them are true—usual only in actions of divorce &c.
手打:尤赖亚
娱乐性解釋/意思：
To dream that you are the subject of calumny, denotes that your interests will suffer at the hands of evil-minded gossips. For a young woman, it warns her to be careful of her conduct, as her movements are being critically observed by persons who claim to be her friends.
吉恩編輯
例句/造句/用法:
- Yours is a very modest and convenient sort of calumny, Major Dobbin, Rebecca said. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- He would not retreat before calumny, as if he submitted to it. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Calumny, even from the mouth of a fool, will sometimes cut into unguarded feelings. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- He must make himself proof against calumny. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- But how will you make yourself proof against calumny? 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- When I look abroad, I foresee on every side, dispute, contradiction, anger, calumny and detraction. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- Mr. Lydgate would understand that if his friends hear a calumny about him their first wish must be to justify him. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- What I mean by being proof against calumny is being able to point to the fact as a contradiction. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- On abuse, on reproach, on calumny, it is easy to smile; but painful indeed is the panegyric of those we contemn. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Who has told such calumnies? 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
錄入:丽莎