[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。
派生 denouncement noun denouncer noun 语源
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'