| 释义 |
libel /līˈbl/ noun- Any malicious defamatory publication or statement
- Defamation, either written or made for general reception, eg by radio or television (Eng law; distinguished from slander or spoken defamation; in Scots law both are slander)
- A written accusation
- The statement of a plaintiff's grounds of complaint
transitive verb (līˈbelling or (US) līˈbeling (and in all such forms); līˈbelled)- To defame by libel
- To satirize unfairly
- To proceed against by producing a written complaint (law)
ORIGIN: L libellus, dimin of liber a book līˈbellant noun A person who brings a libel libelleeˈ noun A person against whom a libel is brought līˈbeller noun A defamer līˈbelling noun līˈbellous adjective - Containing a libel
- Defamatory
līˈbellously adverb |