单词	disrepute
释义	disreputedis‧re‧pute /ˌdɪsrɪˈpjuːt/ noun [uncountable] Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS And when there are bad civil servants, they cast all government programs into disrepute. As long as any advert does not bring the profession into disrepute nor is in bad taste then it is permissible. At the very least it was more selective than various predecessors which by that time had fallen into disrepute. Because of the problems with false prophecy, the gift of prophecy itself eventually fell into disuse and sometimes disrepute. Planning and the rational model fell into disrepute in the mid to late 1970s for a number of reasons. The five players were found guilty of bringing the game into serious disrepute and banned for life. They were banned and fined £500 for bringing the game into disrepute. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorto damage the reputation of someone or something► harm/damage somebody's reputation · If a representative gets drunk at a convention, it may harm their firm's reputation.· Sabine was completely loyal to you. She would never do anything to damage your reputation. ► give somebody/something a bad name to give a group or place a bad reputation by behaving in an unacceptable way: · Students who are rude and scruffy give the school a bad name.· The regular brawling and violence in the bar had given it a bad name.· He was the type of person that gives insurance salesmen a bad name. ► bring somebody/something into disrepute formal to damage the reputation of the organization that you work for or the job that you do by doing something bad or illegal - use this especially in legal or official contexts: · This is exactly the kind of incident that brings international companies into disrepute.· The officers were charged with bringing the police force into disrepute. ► discredit/bring discredit on to make people stop trusting or believing in someone or something: · There was a plot by certain members of the opposition to discredit the government.· The old leaders were discredited by the massive defeats at Verdun and Flanders.· Through your selfishness, you have brought discredit on yourself and your whole family. ► character assassination a cruel and unfair attack on someone's character: · All too often politicians discredit themselves by engaging in character assassination. ► slur/stain on something something that harms someone's character, reputation etc in someone's opinion: a slur/stain on somebody's character/reputation etc: · Baker accused the press of casting a slur on his reputation.· He was discharged from the army without a stain on his character. ► smear campaign/whispering campaign an attempt to damage the reputation of a political opponent by secretly spreading false ideas about them, for example by telling a newspaper that they have done bad or dishonest things: · Kingsley denies all the rumours, saying he's the victim of a vicious smear campaign.smear campaign/whispering campaign against: · Allegations of instability, untrustworthiness and lack of political judgement - all these were part of the whispering campaign against her. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► bringing ... into disrepute  He faces six charges of bringing the game into disrepute. ► fell into disrepute  This theory fell into disrepute in the fifties. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB► bring · They were banned and fined £500 for bringing the game into disrepute.· Martin O'Neill, manager of Conference side Wycombe Wanderers, has again been charged with bringing the game into disrepute.· As long as any advert does not bring the profession into disrepute nor is in bad taste then it is permissible.· For example, a rule that prohibits bringing the exchange into disrepute can not be read cold from the rulebook.· Front running usually does bring the exchange into disrepute.· It helped to bring the system into disrepute and played a major part in the eventual breakdown of the Plowden structure.· Represented Liverpool footballer Robbie Fowler when he was found guilty of bringing the game into disrepute.· If he does not, he will bring the scheme into disrepute. ► fall · Planning and the rational model fell into disrepute in the mid to late 1970s for a number of reasons.· At the very least it was more selective than various predecessors which by that time had fallen into disrepute.· But the prolonged depression of the inter-war period upset this relationship, causing the quantity theory to fall into disrepute.· Gilbert was the scion of an ancient aristocratic family that had fallen somewhat into disrepute. Word family WORD FAMILYnounreputationreputedisreputeadjectivereputable ≠ disreputablereputedadverbreputedly a situation in which people no longer admire or trust someone or something:  He faces six charges of bringing the game into disrepute. This theory fell into disrepute in the fifties.
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