记忆方法
1、calumny 诽谤：拉丁 calumnia「设圈套、诬告」，往上 PIE *kel- 是骗、使人迷惑，同族 cavil(吹毛求疵)、challenge(它早年也正是控告、指控那个意思)。
2、challenge 从被人挑刺走到褒义的应战，calumny 却留在坏意思上：编话来毁人名声。
3、别把 cal- 当寒冷，也没有 ummy 这一节；-umny 只是拉丁名词的尾巴。
2、challenge 从被人挑刺走到褒义的应战，calumny 却留在坏意思上：编话来毁人名声。
3、别把 cal- 当寒冷，也没有 ummy 这一节；-umny 只是拉丁名词的尾巴。
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词族 · calumny
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中文词源
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.
英语词源
- calumny
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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").
权威例句
- 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.