资料来源 : pyDict
诽谤,贬低,轻视
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Vilify \Vil"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vilified}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Vilifying}.] [L. vilis vile + -fly; cf. L. vilificare to
esteem of little value.]
1. To make vile; to debase; to degrade; to disgrace. [R.]
When themselves they vilified To serve ungoverned
appetite. --Milton.
2. To degrade or debase by report; to defame; to traduce; to
calumniate. --I. Taylor.
Many passions dispose us to depress and vilify the
merit of one rising in the esteem of mankind.
--Addison.
3. To treat as vile; to despise. [Obs.]
I do vilify your censure. --Beau. & Fl.
资料来源 : WordNet®
vilify
v : spread negative information about; "The Nazi propaganda
vilified the Jews" [syn: {revile}, {vituperate}, {rail}]
[also: {vilified}]