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Decry French Pink Waste Words   [V N Di'krai

英语单词 decry
英美音标 [di'krai]
中文释义 v.谴责
vocabulary简明 When you dye your hair pink and orange, your mother decries your act as a horror and bursts into tears. She criticizes your choice of colors, stating that pink and purple would have looked better.
vocabulary扩展 You might decry learning French, declaring it as a waste of time. Yet many English words come from French. When the French conquered England in 1066, they brought with them their language as well as their social system. Because French was spoken mostly by the ruling class, many of the loan words are formal. Decry comes from the Old French descrier, to cry out or announce. When you decry something, you simultaneously condemn it and discredit it, a formal act.
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[VERB 动词](强烈)谴责,抨击,反对 If someone decries an idea or action, they criticize it strongly.
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  [FORMAL 正式]
  • He is impatient with those who decry the scheme...

    对于那些反对该方案的人,他表现得很不耐烦。

  • People decried the campaign as a waste of money.

    人们谴责这一活动是浪费金钱。

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