denounce

denounce
verb
  1. [with obj.]publicly declare to be wrong or evil
    谴责,公开指责,公然指责
    the Assembly denounced the use of violence.
    国民大会谴责使用暴力。
    he was widely denounced as a traitor.
    他被公众谴责为叛国者。
    ■inform against
    告发
    some of his own priests denounced him to the King for heresy.
    他的一些牧师同僚向国王告发他持异端邪说。
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denouncement
noun
denouncer
noun
语源
  1. Middle English (originally in the sense 'proclaim announce', also 'proclaim someone to be wicked, cursed, a rebel, etc.'): from Old French denoncier, from Latin denuntiare 'give official information', based on nuntius 'messenger'
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