| 单词 | to cast aspersions upon |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto cast aspersions upon 6. A damaging report; a charge that tarnishes the reputation; a calumny, slander, false insinuation. Esp. in the phrase to cast aspersions upon. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > slander or calumny > [noun] > a slander or calumny slander1297 calumniation1588 reflect1594 aspersion1596 scandal1604 calumny1616 libel1618 reflection1646 vilification1709 1596 E. Spenser View State Ireland Pref. 2 Which may seeme to lay..any particular aspersion upon some families. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Bristol 37 As false is the Aspersion of his being a great Usurer. 1692 King James II Let. 2 Apr. (BL Stowe 158 f. 61) Even that precatuion [having witnesses at the prince's birth] was not enough to hinder Us from the malicious Aspersions of such as were resolved to deprive Us of Our Royal Right. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones IV. xi. vii. 155 I defy all the World to cast a just Aspersion on my Character. View more context for this quotation 1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede I. i. v. 113 Vindicating myself from the aspersions. < as lemmas |
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