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

• Cultural historians and moralists have tended to write from an aristocratic point of view and to decry the breakdown of standards.
  文化历史学家和道德家则倾向于从贵族的观点出发来论述，竭力反对打破一切标准。
• 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。
• 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”。
• 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？
• It falls neatly into the growing genre of anti-higher education tirades that decry the rising cost of education and the lack of any guarantees.
  它们与一些越来越抵制高等教育的反对人士不谋而合，那些反对派谴责高等学府一方面不断提高教育成本，一方面缺少对学生未来就业的任何保障。
• 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。
• 'You seem to be a genuine cosmopolite,'I said admiringly.'But it also seems that you would decry patriotism.'
  您真是个真正的世界公民，我羡慕得说，但是这也让您显得有点毁谤了爱国主义。
• 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。
• On the left, people who struggle the hardest for social change would decry changes in other countries that they view as a result of globalization.
  一方面，竭尽全力推进社会改革的人可能会谴责其他国家中他们认为由全球化引起的变革。
• A decade ago, it was fashionable for western consultants, bankers and business people to decry Japan's domestic service industry.
  10年前，对于西方咨询顾问、银行家和商业人士而言，谴责日本国内的服务行业是一件时髦的事情。