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calumny

n.诽谤,中伤

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calumny


/'kæləmnɪ; `kæləmnɪ/
n (fml 文)
1 [C] false statement about sb, made to damage his character 诬蔑; 中伤
*a victim of vicious calumnies 恶毒诬蔑的受害者.
2 [U] slander 诽谤
*accuse sb of calumny 控告某人诽谤.

calumny


npluralcalumnies
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Old French;Origin: calomnie, from Latin calumnia, from calvi 'to deceive']
[C]
an untrue and unfair statement about someone that is intended to give people a bad opinion of them
[U]
when someone says things like this