Word · CEFR C2 · Frequency #20269
revile
诽谤；诋毁
核心释义
to spread negative information about
- 1.
用辱骂性语言攻击；痛骂
To attack (someone) with abusive language.
用辱骂性语言攻击；痛骂；辱骂；斥责
用法In use
The coach reviled the referee for making a terrible call.
用法提示：revile 作及物动词，后接被责骂的对象，表示“辱骂”。
She felt hurt when her classmates reviled her choice of clothes.
用法提示：revile 用一般过去时，表示持续地辱骂，后接事物。
Online trolls often revile anyone who disagrees with them.
用法提示：revile 用一般现在时第三人称复数，表示“辱骂”，后接 anyone。
revile sb/sth
此用法中 revile 是及物动词，直接接被辱骂的人或事物。
The crowd reviled the speaker.
人群辱骂那位演讲者。
be reviled as sth
被动语态中 as 后接被指称的身份或性质。
He was reviled as a traitor by his former allies.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- revile someone for something
- 因某事辱骂某人
- The press reviled the mayor for his handling of the crisis.新闻界因市长对危机的处理而辱骂他。
- be reviled as something
- 被斥责为……
- He was reviled as a traitor by his former colleagues.他被前同事们斥责为叛徒。
- publicly revile someone
- 公开辱骂某人
- The candidate publicly reviled his opponent during the debate.那位候选人在辩论中公开辱骂他的对手。
- revile one another
- 互相辱骂
- The two rivals spent the entire meeting reviling one another.这两个对手在整场会议中互相辱骂。
- much-reviled
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
看到revile里的vile（卑鄙的），想象对它反复（re-）辱骂斥责。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：正式演讲、文学评论、新闻报道 revile 通常用于正式或文学语境，表示严厉辱骂或斥责；日常口语中较少见，更多出现在书面评论或新闻报道里。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
These words all rhyme with revile's final syllable /vaɪl/ and share the spelling chunk -ile. Beware other -ile words like missile (American /ˈmɪsəl/) or hostile (American /ˈhɑːstəl/), which do not rhyme.
一起学习词形Learn the forms together
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