calumny

英 [ˈkæl.əm.ni]      美 [ˈkæl.əm.ni]
  • n. 诽谤;中伤;诬蔑
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记住“calumny”这个单词,可以将它拆解成“cal”加上“-umny”后缀。联想为“cal”是寒冷的缩写,代表冷酷,而“-umny”听起来像“ummy”,可以想象成在冬天说别人坏话,就像是一股冷酷的阴霾,这样的画面可以帮助记忆这个词的意思为“诽谤”或“诋毁”。

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calumny 诽谤

来自PIE *kel, 欺骗,责备,词源同cavil, challenge。-mn, 抽象名词后缀,见column.

calumny
calumny: see challenge
calumny (n.)
"False & malicious misrepresentation of the words or actions of others, calculated to injure their reputation" [Fowler], mid-15c., from Middle French calomnie (15c.), from Latin calumnia "trickery, subterfuge, misrepresentation, malicious charge," from calvi "to trick, deceive," from PIE root *kel- (6) "to deceive, confuse" (cognates: Greek kelein "to bewitch, seduce, beguile," Gothic holon "to deceive," Old Norse hol "praise, flattery," Old English hol "slander," holian "to slander").
1. He was the victim of calumny.
他遭到诬蔑。
2. Calumny is answered best with silence.
沉默可以止谤.
3. Calumny require no proof.
诽谤无需证据.
4. Calumny requires no proof.
诽谤无需证据。
5. Calumny , even from the mouth of a fool, will sometimes cut into unguarded feelings.
即使出自一个傻瓜之口的诽谤, 有时候也会突然刺伤一个没有防备的人的感情.