Discredit
[dɪs'kredɪt] or [dɪs'krɛdɪt]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) cause to be distrusted or disbelieved; 'The paper discredited the politician with its nasty commentary'.
(verb.) damage the reputation of; 'This newspaper story discredits the politicians'.
布里茨校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The act of discrediting or disbelieving, or the state of being discredited or disbelieved; as, later accounts have brought the story into discredit.
(n.) Hence, some degree of dishonor or disesteem; ill repute; reproach; -- applied to persons or things.
(v. t.) To refuse credence to; not to accept as true; to disbelieve; as, the report is discredited.
(v. t.) To deprive of credibility; to destroy confidence or trust in; to cause disbelief in the accuracy or authority of.
(v. t.) To deprive of credit or good repute; to bring reproach upon; to make less reputable; to disgrace.
塞西莉亚校對
同義詞及近義詞:
n. [1]. Disbelief, distrust, doubt.[2]. Disrepute, dishonor, disgrace, reproach, opprobrium, obloquy, odium, ignominy, ill repute.
v. a. [1]. Disbelieve, give no credit to, place no confidence in, refuse credence to.[2]. Disgrace, dishonor, bring reproach upon, make disreputable, BLOW UPON, destroy confidence in, bring into disfavor, make distasteful.
贝莎整理
同義詞及反義詞:
[See CREDIT]
錄入:奥利维尔
解釋/意思:
n. want of credit: bad credit: ill-repute: disgrace.—v.t. to refuse credit to or belief in: to deprive of credibility: to deprive of credit: to disgrace.—adj. Discred′itable not creditable: disgraceful.—adv. Discred′itably.
手打:维吉尔
例句/造句/用法:
- You could scarcely escape discredit and misery. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- She wished to discredit it entirely, repeatedly exclaiming, This must be false! 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- Live for that, then; live for me, Eugene; live to see how hard I will try to improve myself, and never to discredit you. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- And of course it is a discredit to his doctrines, said Mrs. Sprague, who was elderly, and old-fashioned in her opinions. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- I am happy to be able to inform you, _with truth_, that this gentleman did as much credit to his country as Malone had done it discredit. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Here was muddle and failure enough to discredit any general--had it been known. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Among this number, and I hope it is no discredit to the profession of the law, its great oracle, _Sir Edward Coke_, appears. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- He set out to make the campaign a battle between the Progressives and the Democrats--the old discredited Republicans fell back into a rather dead conservative minority. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- According to an old story, now discredited, as he rose from his knees after the ceremony he whispered to a friend _Eppur si muove_ (It does move, nevertheless). 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- It was then rejected like a discredited ladder. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- Perhaps he has a subconscious fear of the isolation that may ensue if the system is broken or discredited. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
卡里校對