denounce

denounce

英 [dɪ'naʊns]
　　美 [dɪ'naʊns]

vt. 譴責；告發；公然抨擊；通告廢除

v.(動詞)denounce的基本意思是“公開指責”,指公開地指出別人的缺點。常引申表示“揭發”“告發”“通知廢止”。denounce是及物動詞,接名詞或代詞作賓語,也可做以as短語充當補足語的復合賓語。可用於被動結構。

中文詞源：

denounce 譴責

de-, 向下，強調。-nounce, 通知，呼喊，詞源同announce, pronounce. 即向下喊，引申詞義譴責。

例句：

1. Ministers took the floor to denounce the decision to suspend constitutional rule.
幾位部長發言譴責暫停憲制的決定。

2. We should denounce a heresy.
我們應該公開指責異端邪說.

3. Within days of his death those same people were falling over themselves to denounce him.
他屍骨未寒，還是那些人又大肆譴責起他來。

4. The opposition parties called a press conference to denounce the actions of the police.
各反對黨召開新聞發佈會，公開抨擊瞭警方的行為。

5. The letter called for trade union freedom and civil rights, but did not openly denounce the regime.
這封信呼籲保障工會自由和公民權利，但沒有公開譴責該政權。