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stigmatize vt. 污蔑； 使蒙上污名vt. <古> 打上烙印 In Ancient Greece, a stigma was a brand burned into a slave or a criminal's skin to symbolize disgrace. In the 1500s, the word stigmatize meant literally "to brand or tattoo." Nowadays, to stigmatize is to shame or brand a person in a more symbolic way.

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英 ['stɪɡmətaɪz] 美 ['stɪɡmətaɪz] If you stigmatize someone, you have given that person a label — and it's usually a label that is limiting in some way. in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 stigmatise1[VERB 动词]侮辱；污蔑；使蒙羞 If someone or something is stigmatized, they are unfairly regarded by many people as being bad or having something to be ashamed of.   [be V-ed]  [V n]  [be V-ed prep]Children in single-parent families must not be stigmatised...单亲家庭的孩子们不应该受到歧视。The AIDS epidemic further stigmatised gays...艾滋病的流行让人们更加瞧不起男同性恋者。They are often stigmatized by the rest of society as lazy and dirty.他们经常被社会中的其他人污蔑为懒惰、肮脏。stigmatizedIt is a stigmatized illness.这是一种见不得人的病。

英语单词	stigmatize
英美音标	英 ['stɪɡmətaɪz] 美 ['stɪɡmətaɪz]
中文释义	vt. 污蔑；使蒙上污名 vt. <古> 打上烙印
vocabulary简明	If you stigmatize someone, you have given that person a label — and it's usually a label that is limiting in some way.
vocabulary扩展	In Ancient Greece, a stigma was a brand burned into a slave or a criminal's skin to symbolize disgrace. In the 1500s, the word stigmatize meant literally "to brand or tattoo." Nowadays, to stigmatize is to shame or brand a person in a more symbolic way.
柯林斯解释	in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 stigmatise 1 [VERB 动词]侮辱；污蔑；使蒙羞 If someone or something is stigmatized, they are unfairly regarded by many people as being bad or having something to be ashamed of. [be V-ed] [V n] [be V-ed prep] Children in single-parent families must not be stigmatised... 单亲家庭的孩子们不应该受到歧视。 The AIDS epidemic further stigmatised gays... 艾滋病的流行让人们更加瞧不起男同性恋者。 They are often stigmatized by the rest of society as lazy and dirty. 他们经常被社会中的其他人污蔑为懒惰、肮脏。 stigmatized It is a stigmatized illness. 这是一种见不得人的病。

Stigmatize Brand Vt Person Label Stigmatized D 英