denounce
/dɪˈnaʊns/verb
with obj.
1- publicly declare to be wrong or evil谴责, 公开指责:
the Assembly denounced the use of violence
国民大会谴责使用暴力
he was widely denounced as a traitor.
他被公众谴责为叛国者。
1.1
- inform against告发:
some of his own priests denounced him to the King for heresy.
他的一些牧师同僚向国王告发他持异端邪说。
派生词
denouncement
noundenouncer
noun词源
Middle English (originally in the sense 'proclaim, announce', also 'proclaim someone to be wicked, cursed, a rebel, etc'.): from Old French denoncier, from Latin denuntiare 'give official information', based on nuntius 'messenger'.