mass noun
1- Law the action or crime of making a false spoken statement damaging to a person's reputation【律】诽谤, 诋毁中伤：
he is suing the TV company for slander.
他正在起诉电视公司诽谤。比较LIBEL.
1.1
- count noun a false and malicious spoken statement诽谤话：
I've had just about all I can stomach of your slanders.
我已经受够了你的诽谤话。
with obj.
- make false and damaging statements about (someone)对（某人）进行诽谤：
they were accused of slandering the head of state.
他们被指控诽谤国家元首。
派生词
slanderer
nounslanderous
adjectiveslanderously
adverb词源
Middle English: from Old French esclandre, alteration of escandle, from late Latin scandalum （see SCANDAL）.