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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 /
LDC
denouncede‧nounce /dɪˈnaʊns/ ●○○ verb [transitive]
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1to express strong disapproval of someone or something, especially in public → denunciation:  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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