decry

英 [dɪˈkraɪ]

美 [dɪˈkraɪ]

v.  (公开)谴责; (强烈)批评

过去式：decried　过去分词：decried　现在分词：decrying　第三人称单数：decries　

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BNC.19796 / COCA.11621

牛津词典

verb

• （公开）谴责；（强烈）批评
  to strongly criticize sb/sth, especially publicly
  1. The measures were decried as useless.
     这些措施受到指责，说是不起作用。

柯林斯词典

• VERB （强烈）谴责，抨击，反对
  If someonedecriesan idea or action, they criticize it strongly.
  1. He is impatient with those who decry the scheme...
     对于那些反对该方案的人，他表现得很不耐烦。
  2. People decried the campaign as a waste of money.
     人们谴责这一活动是浪费金钱。

英英释义

verb

• express strong disapproval of
  1. We condemn the racism in South Africa
  2. These ideas were reprobated
  Synonym:condemnreprobateobjurgateexcoriate

双语例句

• "You seem to be a genuine cosmopolite," I said admiringly." But it also seems that you would decry patriotism. "During hypnosis, it is as though the brain temporarily suspends its attempts to authenticate incoming sensory information.
  你似乎是个货真价实的世界公民，我羡慕地说。不过，你似乎也抵毁了爱国主义。在催眠时，脑似乎暂时停止判断进入的感觉讯息是否真实。
• And it might take a brave energy minister to endorse a measure that many would decry as unvarnished protectionism.
  而且，恐怕只有足够勇敢的能源部长，才会批准这种会被许多人斥为明目张胆的贸易保护主义行径的措施。
• Thus I do not mean to decry a fashion, but to underscore the motive behind the contemporary taste for the extreme in art and thought.
  因而，我在这里并不是想批驳一种流行的观念，而是意欲从当代的艺术和思潮中揭示出隐藏于极端趣味背后的内部动因。
• Why decry the wealth gap?
  贫富差距，为什么要谴责它？
• It is hardly surprising that a green lobby group should decry the practices of the logging industry.
  绿色环保团体谴责伐木公司的行为一点也不令人惊讶。
• And, if so, is there anyone today who still would decry call-ahead airport pickup services?
  即便如此，现在还会有人谴责机场预约接机服务吗？
• On, no need to decry your industry!
  得了，您很勤快，不必谦虚了！
• A generation after many prominent feminists encouraged women to have it all, we continue to decry the absence of women in politics, business and other positions of power.
  身处多位著名女权主义者鼓励妇女拥有一切的一代我们，仍然因在政界，商界和其他业界鲜见女性掌权而发起责难。
• People decried the campaign as a waste of money.
  人们谴责这一活动是浪费金钱。
• In an earlier statement, Ali did decry what he called the "continuous threats of Al-Shabab terrorists" to refugees and aid workers.
  在早先的一份声明中，阿里总理曾经谴责他所称的“青年党恐怖份子对难民和救援人员持续的威胁”。