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Aspersion N Glowing Cast 中伤 散布 əs'pə:ʃən N.诽谤,中伤

单词 aspersion
音标 [əs'pə:ʃən]
解释 n.诽谤,中伤
红宝书 【英】 n. 诽谤,中伤(disparag ing remark; slander, inn uendo)
【考】 反义词:tout(极力赞 扬); flattery(奉承); glowing tribute(热情的赞词)
【记】 a+spers(散开)+ion →散布坏东西→诽谤
【同】 同根词:intersperse (点缀); disperse(散布, 分散)
字源 aspersion (n.)
mid-15c., from Latin aspersionem (nominative aspersio) "a sprinkling," noun of action from past participle stem of aspergere "to sprinkle on," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + spargere "sprinkle, strew" (see sparse). Originally in theology, the shedding of Christ's blood. Modern sense of "a bespattering with slander" first attested 1590s. To cast aspersions was in Fielding (1749).
不择手段背单词 n. 诽谤, 中伤
【例】Don'apos;t cast aspersions on my honesty 不要对我的诚实诽谤中伤
【根】spers散开-散布坏话-诽谤, 中伤
【参】intersperse(vt 散布, 点缀); disperse(v 使分散)
【类】rationalization: explain = aspersion: discredit理论解释是一种解释 = 诽谤是一种侮辱
【反】tout(v 吹捧); flattery(n 奉承); glowing tribute(热情的赞同)
趣味全助记 【记】a 不好的 + sperse 音:水泼洒,满嘴喷不好的东西,诽谤;a + spersion 音:水泼身,泼水,泼圣水,泼脏水 或sh泼身
【相关】asperse 中伤,disperse 分散,intersperse 散布, 点缀

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