pillory

Word family nounpilloryverbpillorize

pil·lo·ry1 /ˈpɪləri/ verb (pilloried, pillorying, pillories) [transitiveT]

CRITICIZEif someone is pilloried, they are publicly criticized by a lot of people, especially in newspapers etc 使受公众批评〔尤在报纸等上面〕

The education secretary was pilloried by the press for his latest proposals.

教育部长因其最近的提案而受到新闻界批评。

n Grammar

Pillory is usually passive.

Examples from the Corpus

pillory• Middleton suffered the ultimate humiliation of being pilloried by his colleagues in front of the television cameras.• Carter was pilloried for his military policies.• Harper was pilloried in the press after his team's sixth consecutive defeat.• We do not want to pillory people without cause.• They were clearly on the lookout for a second opening to pillory their headmistress.

单词	pillory
释义	pillory Word family nounpilloryverbpillorize pil·lo·ry1 /ˈpɪləri/ verb (pilloried, pillorying, pillories) [transitiveT] CRITICIZEif someone is pilloried, they are publicly criticized by a lot of people, especially in newspapers etc 使受公众批评〔尤在报纸等上面〕 The education secretary was pilloried by the press for his latest proposals. 教育部长因其最近的提案而受到新闻界批评。 n Grammar Pillory is usually passive. Examples from the Corpus pillory• Middleton suffered the ultimate humiliation of being pilloried by his colleagues in front of the television cameras.• Carter was pilloried for his military policies.• Harper was pilloried in the press after his team's sixth consecutive defeat.• We do not want to pillory people without cause.• They were clearly on the lookout for a second opening to pillory their headmistress. Related topics: Jail & punishment pillory2 noun (plural pillories) [countableC] SCJa wooden frame with holes for someone’s head and hands to be locked into, used in the past as a way of publicly punishing someone 木枷，颈手枷〔旧时刑具〕 → the stocks at stock1(9) Examples from the Corpus pillory• The gardens contain many trees and a large collection of orchids, as well as old tombstones, Manueline windows and a fifteenth-century pillory. Origin pillory2 (1200-1300) Old French pilori
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