defame: [14] The main source of defame (originally, in Middle English, diffame) is Old French diffamer, which came from Latin diffāmāre ‘spread damaging rumours about’, a compound verb formed from the prefix dis-, denoting ‘ruination’, and fāma ‘report, fame’ (source of English fame). => fame
defame (v.)
c. 1300, from Old French defamer (13c., Modern French diffamer), from Medieval Latin defamare, from Latin diffamare "to spread abroad by ill report, make a scandal of," from dis- suggestive of ruination + fama "a report, rumor" (see fame (n.)). Related: Defamed; defaming.
雙語例句
1. The article is an attempt to defame an honest man.
這篇文章旨在詆毀一個正直的人.
來自辭典例句
2. We expect politicians to defame each other in an election year.
我們預(yù)料政客們在選舉年會互相誹謗.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
3. To attack the character or reputation of; speak ill of; defame.
攻擊人格或名譽; 說壞話; 誹謗.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
4. Their attempt to defame China will get nowhere.
這些人利用謠言抹黑中國的企圖決不會得逞.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
5. CNN host Kafudi vicious attacks on abusive defame China to insult the Chinese people's remarks.