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decry v.责难；诽谤 (1) 所有市长都谴责各式各样的赌博。(2) 环保人士谴责破坏亚马逊热带雨林的活动。 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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英 [dɪ'kraɪ] 美 [dɪ'kraɪ] (1) All the mayors decry gambling in all its forms.(2) Environmental activists decry destruction in Amazon. 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. 1[VERB 动词]（强烈）谴责，抨击，反对 If someone decries an idea or action, they criticize it strongly.   [V n]  [V n as n]  [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。

英语单词	decry
英美音标	英 [dɪ'kraɪ] 美 [dɪ'kraɪ]
中文释义	v.责难；诽谤
英语例句	(1) All the mayors decry gambling in all its forms. (2) Environmental activists decry destruction in Amazon.
中文例句	(1) 所有市长都谴责各式各样的赌博。 (2) 环保人士谴责破坏亚马逊热带雨林的活动。
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.
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]（强烈）谴责，抨击，反对 If someone decries an idea or action, they criticize it strongly. [V n] [V n as n] [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。

Decry French Pink Waste Words [V N 英