| 单词 |
discredit |
| 释义 |
dis·cred·it /dɪsˈkredɪt/ vt. | n.
I vt.
1. 败坏…的名声；诽谤；使丢脸
She discredited his good name with ugly gossip. 她散布恶毒的流言蜚语，破坏他的好名声。
He was attempting to discredit his opponent by suggestive references to his personal life. 他正企图以暗示对手的私生活有问题来搞臭他。
Failure to predict the incident badly discredited the country's intelligence service. 未能预测到这一事件使该国的情报机构名声扫地。
2. 使不可置信；证实…是假的
The defence discredited two government witnesses. 被告及其辩护律师证实两名官方证人不可信。
Recent events have discredited your story. 最近发生的种种事件已证实你的报道不真实。
Later research discredited earlier theories. 后来的研究推翻了早先的理论。
3. 不信；怀疑
I discredit all those rumours. 我不信所有那些谣言。
II n.
1. 败坏名声的人；丢脸的事
The bad boy is a discredit to his class. 那坏男孩给他的班级丢脸。
Her untidy garden is a discredit to the whole street. 她那凌乱的花园是全体街坊的耻辱。
2. 名声的败坏；丢脸
bring discredit on oneself 给自己抹黑
What did he really know to Henderson's discredit? 事实上他知道哪些有损于亨德森名声的事呢?
He is bringing our social system into discredit. 他在败坏我们社会制度的声誉。
3. 信用的丧失
Failure to meet a bill on the due date would result in total discredit for the drawee. 票据到期不能偿付会使支付人彻底丧失信用。
4. 不信；怀疑
The latest news has thrown discredit on his account of the accident. 最新消息使人们对他有关这一事故的报道产生怀疑。
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