op·pro·bri·um
noun/əˈprəʊbriəm/
/əˈprəʊbriəm/
[uncountable] (formal)- severe criticism of a person, country, etc. by a large group of people
(众人的)谴责,责难,抨击 - The bombing has attracted international opprobrium.
这次爆炸事件引起了国际社会的谴责。 - The government did not deserve the opprobrium heaped on it by the national press.
政府不应该受到全国媒体的严厉谴责。
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin, literally ‘infamy’, from opprobrum, from ob- ‘against’ + probrum ‘disgraceful act’. - The bombing has attracted international opprobrium.