英语词典 · 单词释义
libel
英 ['laɪb(ə)l] 美 ['laɪbl]
这里集中整理“libel”的音标、翻译、词源、例句和近反义词，方便快速确认词义并顺手做词汇积累。
单词速览
词义详解
翻译 · 词源 · 例句- n. 诽谤罪；诋毁；毁坏名誉的东西；控诉书
- vt. 中伤；控告；对…进行诽谤
- vi. 进行文字诽谤
延伸内容
词源 · 例句 · 用法词态变化
复数: libels;第三人称单数: libels;过去式: libelled;过去分词: libelled;现在分词: libelling;
助记提示
1. => small book, little book.
2. => 打小报告。
2. => 打小报告。
中文词源
libel 诽谤，中伤
来自拉丁语liber,书，来自PIE*leup,剥下，削皮，词源同leaf,library,-el,小词后缀。即小书，引申词义小册子，诽谤书。
英文词源
- libel
- libel: see library
- libel (n.)
- c. 1300, "formal written statement," especially, in civil law, "plaintiff's statement of charges" (mid-14c.); from Old French libelle (fem.) "small book; (legal) charge, claim; writ; written report" (13c.), from Latin libellus "a little book, pamphlet; petition, written accusation, complaint," diminutive of liber "book" (see library). Broader sense of "any published or written statement likely to harm a person's reputation" is first attested 1630s.
- libel (v.)
- mid-15c., "make an initial statement setting out a plaintiff's case" (modern sense from 1560s), from libel (n.), q.v. for sense development. Related: Libeled; libelled; libeling; libelling.
双语例句
- 1. Canadian libel law is based on English common law.
- 加拿大的诽谤法是以英国的习惯法为基础的。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. She had a libel action against the magazine pending.
- 她对该杂志提起的诽谤诉讼尚未判决。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Mr Warren sued him for libel over the remarks.
- 沃伦先生控告他散布诽谤性言论。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. It can be difficult for public figures to win a libel case.
- 公众人物想打赢诽谤官司可能会很难。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. The paper got clobbered with libel damages of half a million pounds.
- 这家报纸被罚以五十万英镑的诽谤损害赔偿金。
来自《权威词典》