(Law)a published false statement that is damaging to a person's reputation; a written defamation (律)诽谤(性文字)。 比较slander ■[mass noun]the action or crime of publishing such a statement 诽谤行为,诽谤罪 a councillor who sued two national newspapers for libel. 一位以诽谤罪起诉两家全国性报纸的市政委员。 [as modifier]a libel action. 诽谤诉讼。 ■a false and typically malicious statement about a person 诽谤言论,不实之词 ■a thing or circumstance that brings undeserved discredit on a person by misrepresentation 诬蔑,造谣中伤
(in admiralty and ecclesiastical law) a plaintiff's written declaration (海事法和教会法)原告诉状
(Law)defame (someone) by publishing a libel (律)(发表文章)诽谤,诋毁 the jury found that he was libelled by a newspaper. 陪审团认为一家报纸对他进行了诽谤。 ■make a false and typically malicious statement about 中伤
(in admiralty and ecclesiastical law) bring a suit against (someone) (海事法和教会法)起诉(某人)
派生 libeller noun 语源
Middle English (in the general sense 'a document, a written statement'): via Old French from Latin libellus, diminutive of liber 'book'