• n. 诽谤；中伤；诬蔑

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。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Calumny is answered best with silence.

沉默可以止谤.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. Calumny require no proof.

诽谤无需证据.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. Calumny requires no proof.

诽谤无需证据。

来自辞典例句

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.

来自辞典例句