commit libel against sb
libel 作为名词，常指以书面形式进行的诽谤。
The newspaper committed libel against the politician.
该报纸对该政治家犯下了诽谤罪。
以文字或图片形式作出的虚假陈述,旨在不公正地损害他人名誉。；公开展示此类陈述的行为或侵权行为。；任何诽谤性文字；讽刺文；讽刺作品。；原告就其诉讼理由及所寻求的救济所作的书面声明或陈述。；任何形式的简短文书,尤指声明、法案、证书、请求、恳求等。
A false and malicious written statement that damages a person's reputation; the crime of publishing such a statement.
以文字或图片形式作出的虚假陈述,旨在不公正地损害他人名誉。
A written or pictorial false statement which unjustly seeks to damage someone's reputation.
公开展示此类陈述的行为或侵权行为。
The act or tort of displaying such a statement publicly.
任何诽谤性文字；讽刺文；讽刺作品。
Any defamatory writing; a lampoon; a satire.
原告就其诉讼理由及所寻求的救济所作的书面声明或陈述。
A written declaration or statement by the plaintiff of their cause of action, and of the relief they seek.
任何形式的简短文书,尤指声明、法案、证书、请求、恳求等。
A brief writing of any kind, especially a declaration, bill, certificate, request, supplication, etc.
The newspaper article was considered a libel against the politician.
那篇报纸文章被认为是对那位政治家的诽谤。
用法提示：用作名词，指文字诽谤。
She was sued for libelling her former employer in a blog post.
她因在博客文章中诽谤前雇主而被起诉。
用法提示：用作动词，意为诽谤。
The writer committed libel when he published false accusations.
那位作家在发表虚假指控时构成了诽谤罪。
用法提示：用作名词，指诽谤行为。
libel 作为名词，常指以书面形式进行的诽谤。
The newspaper committed libel against the politician.
该报纸对该政治家犯下了诽谤罪。
She decided to sue the magazine for libel.
她决定起诉该杂志诽谤。
The author was accused of libel after publishing the article.
该作者在发表文章后被指控诽谤。
libel 作为及物动词，直接跟被诽谤的对象。
The article libelled the company's CEO.
那篇文章诽谤了该公司的首席执行官。
范围比 libel 广，可指口头或书面诽谤；libel 特指以文字或印刷品发表的诽谤。
较口语化，强调公众形象被抹黑，不一定符合 libel 的法律定义。
常指简短或口语化的攻击言辞，写法或语境都不如 libel 正式。
libel 的动词对应意，但 defame 不限定书面；法律上 libel 多指书面或发表的诽谤。
更通用、较书面，不强调“书面形式”这一法律要件，也不指具体罪名。
grammar · medium
易错句子He was accused of slander for his article.
正确表达He was accused of libel for his article.
混淆了 libel（书面诽谤）和 slander（口头诽谤）。libel 特指通过文字、图片等永久形式进行的诽谤，而 slander 指口头诽谤。文章属于书面形式，应用 libel。
grammar · medium
易错句子He sued the newspaper libel.
正确表达He sued the newspaper for libel.
缺少必要的介词 for。动词 sue 后接被起诉的对象时，常用 sue someone for something 结构，表示因某事起诉某人。
libel 指书面或公开发表的诽谤，slander 指口头散布的诽谤。
libel 是书面诽谤的一种，defamation 是包括 libel 和 slander 的总称。
诽谤诉讼
The actress filed a libel suit against the magazine.
该女演员对那本杂志提起了诽谤诉讼。
诽谤法
Libel law varies from country to country.
诽谤法因国家而异。
诽谤案件
The libel case was settled out of court.
这起诽谤案件庭外和解了。
以诽谤起诉
They decided to sue for libel after the false article.
在那篇虚假文章之后，他们决定以诽谤起诉。
指控诽谤
He was accused of libel by his former employer.
他被前雇主指控诽谤。
构成诽谤
Publishing false information can commit libel.
发布虚假信息可能构成诽谤。
libel常导致名誉权诉讼
libel的核心是损害他人名誉
记者撰写的内容可能涉及libel指控
libel通常通过书面或公开传播
法律上证明libel常需证明恶意
诽谤诉讼
The celebrity filed a libel suit against the tabloid.
这位名人向该小报提起了诽谤诉讼。
本身诽谤（法律术语）
The statement was considered libel per se because it falsely accused him of a crime.
该声明被视为本身诽谤，因为它错误地指控他犯罪。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.