[VERB 动词]败坏…的名声;使丧失信誉;使丢脸 To discredit someone or something means to cause them to lose people's respect or trust.
[V n]
...a secret unit within the company that had been set up to discredit its major rival...
公司里设立的败坏其主要竞争对手名声的秘密部门
He says his accusers are trying to discredit government foreign-aid policies...
他说他的责难者试图使政府的对外援助政策名声扫地。
He said such methods would discredit the party worldwide.
他说这一举措会让该政党在全世界名誉扫地。
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The previous government is, by now, thoroughly discredited.
现在前任政府已经名声扫地。
...the old, discredited regimes.
过时的、名声不好的政治制度
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[VERB 动词]使不可信;证实…是假的 To discredit an idea or evidence means to make it appear false or not certain.
[V n]
They realized there would be difficulties in discrediting the evidence.
他们意识到要揭穿这个证据困难重重。
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dis·credit/dɪsˈkredɪt; NAmEdɪsˈkredɪt/
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discreditdiscreditsdiscrediteddiscreditingverb1discreditsb/sth to make people stop respecting sb/sth 败坏…的名声;使丧失信誉;使丢脸◆The photos were deliberately taken to discredit the President.这些蓄意拍摄的照片旨在败坏总统的名声。◆a discredited government/policy名声扫地的政府;失去信誉的政策2discreditsth to make people stop believing that sth is true; to make sth appear unlikely to be true 使不相信;使怀疑;使不可置信◆These theories are now largely discredited among linguists.这些理论现已大多受到语言学家的质疑。noun[uncountable ]( formal) damage to sb's reputation; loss of respect 名誉丧失;信誉丧失;丢脸◆Violent football fans bring discredit onthe teams they support. 狂暴的足球迷败坏了他们所支持球队的声誉。◆Britain, to its discredit,did not speak out against these atrocities. 英国没有公开反对这些残暴行为,使其名誉扫地。☞compare
1to make people stop respecting or trusting someone or something: The company’s lawyers tried to discredit her testimony.2to make people stop believing in a particular idea: His theories have now been discredited.
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discreditdiscredit2 noun [uncountable]
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the loss of other people’s respect or trustto somebody’s discredit To his discredit, he knew about the problem but said nothing.bring discredit on/upon/to somebody/something The behaviour of fans has brought discredit on English football.
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