单词 | think/speak ill of somebody |
释义 | think/speak ill of somebodythink/speak ill of somebody formalUNPLEASANT to think or say unpleasant things about someone 对某人抱有恶感/说某人坏话 She really believes you should never speak ill of the dead. 她的确认为绝不该说死者的坏话。 Examples from the Corpus think/speak ill of somebody• You wish to think all the world respectable, and are hurt if I speak ill of any body.• But she never speaks ill of anyone.• The candidates clearly did not want to speak ill of each other during the campaign.• He spoke ill of me to his friends.• I know speaking ill of the dead and all that.• The Newleys' acquaintances spoke well of the dead in order to think ill of the living.• Surely it is better to speak ill of the dead than of the living. → think/speak ill of somebody at ill2(2) |
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