libel

libel
noun
  1. (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
  2. (in admiralty and ecclesiastical law) a plaintiff's written declaration
    (海事法和教会法)原告诉状
(libelled, libelling; libeled, libeling)
[with obj.]
  1. (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
  2. (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
  1. Middle English (in the general sense 'a document, a written statement'): via Old French from Latin libellus, diminutive of liber 'book'
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