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- Law a published false statement that is damaging to a person's reputation; a written defamation【律】诽谤（性文字）。比较 SLANDER.
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- mass noun the action or crime of publishing such a statement诽谤行为, 诽谤罪：
a councillor who sued two national newspapers for libel
一位以诽谤罪起诉两家全国性报纸的市政委员
as modifier a libel action.诽谤诉讼。
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- a false and typically malicious statement about a person诽谤言论, 不实之词。
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- a thing or circumstance that brings undeserved discredit on a person by misrepresentation诬蔑, 造谣中伤。
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- (in admiralty and ecclesiastical law) a plaintiff's written declaration（海事法和教会法）原告诉状。
(libelled, libelling; <美> libeled, libeling) with obj.
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- Law defame (someone) by publishing a libel【律】（发表文章）诽谤, 诋毁：
the jury found that he was libelled by a newspaper.
陪审团认为一家报纸对他进行了诽谤。
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- make a false and typically malicious statement about中伤。
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- (in admiralty and ecclesiastical law) bring a suit against (someone)（海事法和教会法）起诉（某人）。
派生词
libeller
noun词源
Middle English （in the general sense 'a document， a written statement'）： via Old French from Latin libellus, diminutive of liber 'book'.