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　

CET6考研TOEFLIELTSGRETEM8法律

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 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。
• His rivals would denounce him as a bad example for the youth.
  他的对手会谴责他是青年人的坏样子。
• Third, arts denounce the evils and publicize the goodness in humanity.
  其三，艺术对人性中恶的贬斥与善的张扬。
• We should denounce a heresy.
  我们应该公开指责异端邪说。
• Mr Medvedev explained his opposition to the new draft resolution: We will be told the resolution reads 'denounce violence', so some of the signatories may end up denouncing the violence by dispatching a number of bombers.
  梅德韦杰夫对自己反对新决议草案的立场给出了这样的解释：他们对我们说，决议说的是要‘谴责暴力’，结果某些签字国可能会派出大批轰炸机去谴责暴力。
• 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。
• 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。
• Any Contracting State may denounce this Protocol by notification to the Belgian Government.
  任何缔约国可以通知比利时政府退出本议定书。
• And if we fail, they will denounce us.
  如果我们失败了，会遭到谴责。