网站首页  词典首页

请输入您要查询的词汇:

 

词汇 traduce
释义

Definition of traduce in English:

traduce

verb trəˈdjuːstrəˈd(j)us
[with object]
  • Speak badly of or tell lies about (someone) so as to damage their reputation.

    诽谤,中伤,诋毁

    it was regarded as respectable political tactics to traduce him
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Were I to use the same language when referring to the black underclass however, I would be traduced as racist, probably fascist and definitely non-PC.
    • Secondly, the powers of this Board include, as a matter of authority and as a matter of reality, the ability to traduce the plaintiff's reputation quite seriously.
    • There are very few people who stand firmly by their principles throughout their lives, however much they are traduced and vilified and treated as if they were beyond the pale.
    • And to attempt to sound dignified and saddened at being traduced by the ingrate just makes the humiliation complete.
    • You have the farce of someone who won the resources back for health services being traduced in the press.
    • A growing public morality and probity based on notions of charity and human regard should not be traduced by slurs such as ‘political correctness’, with implicit support for an official ‘incorrectness’.
    • Such allegiances in the Kingdom are not to be traduced lightly.
    • Its vaunted public service ethos, the tradition that over the years produced original and creative drama, entertainment, and comedy, has been traduced and subordinated to commercial ambition.
    • Indeed, I am frequently amazed at the way some sports figures are traduced in the press, sometimes by writers with agendas to pursue.
    • He's perfectly happy, Mr Speaker, to stand by and allow his senior colleagues to traduce his reputation under Parliamentary privilege, Mr Speaker.
    • Unless the individuals are willing to confirm that the events occurred I do not believe that it is appropriate to traduce a man's reputation any further by this kind of reportage.
    • But it would be surprising if he didn't feel a little traduced by Morris.
    • No, I believe the whole thing is a dastardly plot to malign and traduce a great man.
    • You traduced my name around the world without ever having asked me a single question.
    • Those involved in the project believe the study has traduced them, and their side of the story has not been a fair hearing.
    Synonyms
    defame, slander, speak ill of, speak evil of, gossip about, misrepresent, malign, vilify, calumniate, denigrate, disparage, slur, decry, sully, impugn, smear, besmirch, dishonour, back-bite, revile, run down, blacken the name of, cast aspersions on
    informal do a hatchet job on, slag (off), rubbish, knock, drag someone's name through the mud
    North American informal bad-mouth, dump on
    rare asperse

Derivatives

  • traducement

  • noun trəˈdjuːsm(ə)nttrəˈd(j)usmənt
    • Now he is turning his attention to another, the politicized traducement of American history.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • But even within these limits there are misunderstandings and traducements to be avoided.
      • The mental and physical traducements were unexpected and temptuous.
      • This is an allegation of misuse, a traducement, bad faith by the Home Office.
      • Don't trust their bright shining lies, don't fall prey to their traducements and self-enamored pieties.
  • traducer

  • noun trəˈdjuːsətrəˈd(j)usər
    • Those casual, flippant traducers just wouldn't go away.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • We come not to dominate you, as our traducers allege against us, nor yet to encroach on your own perfect and sacred rights.
      • He said that the traducers of his boss were behind the allegations of corruption against the governor.
      Synonyms
      defamer, slanderer, calumniator, gossip, vilifier, disparager, denigrator, deprecator, abuser, smearer, detractor
      informal mud-slinger, knocker
      rare asperser

Origin

Mid 16th century (in the sense 'transport, transmit'): from Latin traducere 'lead in front of others, expose to ridicule', from trans- 'over, across' + ducere 'to lead'.

Rhymes

abstruse, abuse, adduce, Ballets Russes, Belarus, Bruce, burnous, caboose, charlotte russe, conduce, deduce, deuce, diffuse, douce, educe, excuse, goose, induce, introduce, juice, Larousse, loose, luce, misuse, moose, mousse, noose, obtuse, Palouse, produce, profuse, puce, recluse, reduce, Rousse, seduce, sluice, Sousse, spruce, truce, use, vamoose, Zeus

Definition of traduce in US English:

traduce

verbtrəˈd(y)o͞ostrəˈd(j)us
[with object]
  • Speak badly of or tell lies about (someone) so as to damage their reputation.

    诽谤,中伤,诋毁

    it was regarded as respectable political tactics to traduce him
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He's perfectly happy, Mr Speaker, to stand by and allow his senior colleagues to traduce his reputation under Parliamentary privilege, Mr Speaker.
    • There are very few people who stand firmly by their principles throughout their lives, however much they are traduced and vilified and treated as if they were beyond the pale.
    • And to attempt to sound dignified and saddened at being traduced by the ingrate just makes the humiliation complete.
    • Unless the individuals are willing to confirm that the events occurred I do not believe that it is appropriate to traduce a man's reputation any further by this kind of reportage.
    • Indeed, I am frequently amazed at the way some sports figures are traduced in the press, sometimes by writers with agendas to pursue.
    • Secondly, the powers of this Board include, as a matter of authority and as a matter of reality, the ability to traduce the plaintiff's reputation quite seriously.
    • You have the farce of someone who won the resources back for health services being traduced in the press.
    • Those involved in the project believe the study has traduced them, and their side of the story has not been a fair hearing.
    • No, I believe the whole thing is a dastardly plot to malign and traduce a great man.
    • A growing public morality and probity based on notions of charity and human regard should not be traduced by slurs such as ‘political correctness’, with implicit support for an official ‘incorrectness’.
    • But it would be surprising if he didn't feel a little traduced by Morris.
    • Were I to use the same language when referring to the black underclass however, I would be traduced as racist, probably fascist and definitely non-PC.
    • Such allegiances in the Kingdom are not to be traduced lightly.
    • Its vaunted public service ethos, the tradition that over the years produced original and creative drama, entertainment, and comedy, has been traduced and subordinated to commercial ambition.
    • You traduced my name around the world without ever having asked me a single question.
    Synonyms
    defame, slander, speak ill of, speak evil of, gossip about, misrepresent, malign, vilify, calumniate, denigrate, disparage, slur, decry, sully, impugn, smear, besmirch, dishonour, back-bite, revile, run down, blacken the name of, cast aspersions on

Origin

Mid 16th century (in the sense ‘transport, transmit’): from Latin traducere ‘lead in front of others, expose to ridicule’, from trans- ‘over, across’ + ducere ‘to lead’.

随便看

 

春雷网英语在线翻译词典收录了464360条英语词汇在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的中英文双语翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2000-2024 Sndmkt.com All Rights Reserved 更新时间:2024/12/28 0:19:38