| 单词 | to poison the well |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto poison the well (also wells) to poison the well (also wells): to discount or discredit a person's argument by presenting information intended to harm his or her credibility or reputation; to direct one's argument or criticism against a person rather than against the position that person is maintaining. ΚΠ 1864 J. H. Newman Apologia 21 What shall I say of the upshot of all this talk of my economies and equivocations and the like?.. He has attempted (as I may call it) to poison the wells. 1980 Washington Post 14 July a18/ Deploy your appointed agents..to poison the well concerning any of the other semi-finalists. 2006 F. Ramsay Impulse xviii. 103 When the police made the allegation, they poisoned the well, and left me with nothing to say to anyone. < as lemmas |
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