denounce

英 [dɪˈnaʊns]

美 [dɪˈnaʊns]

v.  谴责; 指责; 斥责; 告发(某人从事非法政治活动)

过去式：denounced　过去分词：denounced　现在分词：denouncing　第三人称单数：denounces　

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Collins.2 / BNC.6102 / COCA.5987

牛津词典

verb

• 谴责；指责；斥责
  to strongly criticize sb/sth that you think is wrong, illegal, etc.
  1. She publicly denounced the government's handling of the crisis.
     她公开谴责政府处理这场危机的方式。
  2. The project was denounced as a scandalous waste of public money.
     这项工程被斥责为挥霍公款，令人愤慨。
• 告发（某人从事非法政治活动）
  to tell the police, the authorities, etc. about sb's illegal political activities
  1. They were denounced as spies.
     有人检举他们，说他们是间谍。
  2. Many people denounced their neighbours to the secret police.
     许多人向秘密警察告发自己的邻居。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 谴责;痛斥
  If youdenouncea person or an action, you criticize them severely and publicly because you feel strongly that they are wrong or evil.
  1. The letter called for trade union freedom and civil rights, but did not openly denounce the regime...
     这封信呼吁保障工会自由和公民权利，但没有公开谴责该政权。
  2. German leaders denounced the attacks and pleaded for tolerance...
     德国领导人谴责袭击活动，恳请各方克制。
  3. Some 25,000 demonstrators denounced him as a traitor.
     大约 2.5万名示威者痛斥他是叛徒。
• VERB 告发;检举
  If youdenouncesomeone who has broken a rule or law, you report them to the authorities.
  1. ...informers who might denounce you at any moment.
     随时都可能告发你们的那些告密者

英英释义

verb

• speak out against
  1. He denounced the Nazis
• give away information about somebody
  1. He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam
  Synonym:tell onbetraygive awayratgrassshitshopsnitchstag
• announce the termination of, as of treaties
• to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful
  1. He denounced the government action
  2. She was stigmatized by society because she had a child out of wedlock
  Synonym:stigmatizestigmatisebrandmark

双语例句

• The opposition parties called a press conference to denounce the actions of the police.
  各反对党召开新闻发布会，公开抨击了警方的行为。
• He had thought to denounce or even assault this man.
  他本来想要申斥，甚至痛打这个人一顿。
• A money baldicoot and I am become together beggar, but the money that I denounce from beginning to end not as good as he is much.
  小人名叫张禄。有个钱秃子和我一同当乞丐，可我讨的钱始终不及他多。
• And if we fail, they will denounce us.
  如果我们失败了，会遭到谴责。
• We should denounce a heresy.
  我们应该公开指责异端邪说。
• We denounce the preposterous statement of the warmonger Churchill.
  我们斥责战争贩子丘吉尔的狂妄声明。
• I denounce them to heaven and to earth.
  我向天堂和人世控告他们。
• I should greatly regret it if you were at all in a hurry to denounce them in public.
  如果你竟然仓促地对他们公开指责，我将深为遗憾。
• If you don't denounce that ad, I'm going to have to do it myself.
  如果你不谴责这个广告，我就不得不亲自谴责了。
• We firmly denounce the groundless assertion that Japanese imperialism may come to its senses and make concessions.
  我们坚决地斥责那些认为日本帝国主义能够觉悟、能够让步的空谈。