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Denounce Denounced Dɪˈnaʊns   [V N Verb Sb/Sth 动词

The verb "denounce" has two main meanings: first, to condemn or criticize someone or something strongly as wrong or evil; second, to report someone to the authorities for illegal or wrong activities.

“Denounce”作为动词,主要有两个意思:一是“谴责;痛斥”,指强烈批评某人或某事是错误的或邪恶的;二是“告发;检举”,指向当局举报某人违反规定或法律的行为。

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/dɪna͟ʊns/
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[VERB 动词]谴责;痛斥 If you denounce a person or an action, you criticize them severely and publicly because you feel strongly that they are wrong or evil.
  [V n]
  [V n as n/adj]
  • The letter called for trade union freedom and civil rights, but did not openly denounce the regime...

    这封信呼吁保障工会自由和公民权利,但没有公开谴责该政权。

  • German leaders denounced the attacks and pleaded for tolerance...

    德国领导人谴责袭击活动,恳请各方克制。

  • Some 25,000 demonstrators denounced him as a traitor.

    大约 2.5万名示威者痛斥他是叛徒。

2
[VERB 动词]告发;检举 If you denounce someone who has broken a rule or law, you report them to the authorities.
  [V n]
  [Also V n to n]
  • ...informers who might denounce you at any moment.

    随时都可能告发你们的那些告密者


Oxford de·nounce / dɪˈnaʊns ; NAmE dɪˈnaʊns / verb 1 to strongly criticize sb/sth that you think is wrong, illegal, etc. 谴责;指责;斥责 denouncesb/sth She publicly denounced the government's handling of the crisis. 她公开谴责政府处理这场危机的方式。 denouncesb/sth as sth The project was denounced as a scandalous waste of public money. 这项工程被斥责为挥霍公款,令人愤慨。 2 to tell the police, the authorities, etc. about sb's illegal political activities 告发(某人从事非法政治活动) denouncesb as sth They were denounced as spies. 他们被揭发是间谍。 denouncesb (to sb) Many people denounced their neighbours to the secret police. 许多人向秘密警察告发自己的邻居。 see also
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de·nounce / dɪˈnaʊns ; NAmE dɪˈnaʊns /
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denouncede‧nounce /dɪˈnaʊns/ ●○○ verb [transitive]
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1to express strong disapproval of someone or something, especially in publicdenunciation:  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.
WDF

denounce

[dɪˈnaʊns]denounced, denouncing, denounces

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denounced[959] denouncing[329]
谴责(77%),告发(14%),通告废除(9%)
vt.谴责;告发;公然抨击;通告废除

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