单词 | denounce | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
释义 | denouncede‧nounce /dɪˈnaʊns/ ●○○ verb [transitive] Word Origin WORD ORIGINdenounce Verb TableOrigin: 1300-1400 Old French denoncier ‘to announce’, from Latin denuntiare, from nuntiare ‘to report’VERB TABLE denounce
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Longman Language Activatorto say that you disapprove of something or someone► voice/express/show etc your disapproval Collocations to say, write, or show publicly that you disapprove of someone or something: · The president expressed his disapproval of protest groups that break the law.· Thousands of people have voiced their disapproval of the government.· Nurses plan to show their disapproval by organizing a series of one-day strikes.· How can dissatisfied taxpayers register disapproval of government policies? ► condemn to clearly and publicly say that you strongly disapprove of someone or something: · Politicians and religious leaders have universally condemned this act of terrorism.· Lawyers were quick to condemn the new legislation.condemn something as something: · The destruction of rainforests has been condemned as a disaster for the environment.condemn somebody for doing something: · Local authorities have been condemned for failing to tackle the problem of homelessness. ► denounce to say publicly that you strongly disapprove of something or someone and think that they are morally bad: · The Republicans denounced the waste of public money involved in the new program.· Community leaders were quick to denounce the police for reacting too violently to the disturbances.denounce somebody/something as something: · Darwin's theories about evolution were denounced by many people. ► deplore formal to say that you strongly disapprove of a particular kind of behaviour or something that has happened, because it is morally wrong: · We deplore the use of violence against innocent people.· The United Nations has issued a statement deploring the continued fighting. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► also 1to express strong disapproval of someone or something, especially in public → denunciation: Amnesty International denounced the failure by the authorities to take action.denounce somebody/something as something He denounced the election as a farce.2to give information to the police or another authority about someone’s illegal political activitiesdenounce somebody to somebody She denounced him to the police.· The offer was also denounced by Rashid Khan Menon, leader of a less powerful five-party Marxist-Leninist alliance.· They also denounced recent army appointments and demanded pay rises, before broadcasting recordings of songs praising Eyadema. ► as· Anti-whalers are denounced as sentimental.· At first overlooked by the Soviet government, the article was later denounced as in error.· The plan, announced at a conference on cloning, was denounced as dangerous and immoral by the mainstream scientific community.· They must be denounced as evil.· The commission was denounced as cosmetic. ► publicly· John Major did not publicly denounce Mr Churchill, but went as far as hinting that he disapproved. NOUN► decision· However, both environmentalists and the timber industry denounced the decision as inadequate.· Numerous opposition legislators denounced the decision and stated that they would appeal against it. ► government· A government representative denounced the strike as politically motivated.· The government was bitterly denounced for the emergency measures it was taking to enforce order. ► idea· He opposes the Gallegly Amendment, denouncing the idea of a government that refuses to educate all the children under its care.· Also, being elderly, they were very ready to voice their opinions and denounce the ideas of their fellows.· Conservative regional council chiefs denounced the idea and declared their backing for Congress. ► leader· Labor Party leaders have denounced the talk as an attempt by the right to escape indirect blame for the assassination. ► move· The Presidency of Bosnia-Hercegovina denounced the move as unconstitutional.· The United States Conference of Mayors issued a statement denouncing the move to repeal. ► party· The next day the Communist Party denounced the demonstration as the act of pampered adventurists.· Labor Party leaders have denounced the talk as an attempt by the right to escape indirect blame for the assassination.· The debate was acrimonious, with opposition parties denouncing Shamir's deals with defectors from other parties to win his working majority.· Khrushchev's secret speech in 1956 to the Twentieth Party Congress, denouncing Stalin, remained unpublished.· In turn the opposition parties denounced ministerial policy as monstrous interference with the democratic rights of local authorities.· He joined the Labour Party, and denounced Baldwin personally as well as politically at the 1923 election. ► policy· In turn the opposition parties denounced ministerial policy as monstrous interference with the democratic rights of local authorities.· Although Thatcherism denounced past policies, it affected to return to past philosophy.· A feature of the demonstration was the large number of placards denouncing the immigration policies of the Socialist government. |
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