Word · Frequency #20367
slandering
诽谤；诋毁；中伤
slandering is the present participle of slander.
To make false spoken statements that damage someone's reputation; to defame.
- 1.
To utter a slanderous statement about; baselessly speak ill of; to wrong.
对某人发表诽谤性言论；无根据地说坏话；中伤。
- 2.
charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
虚假或恶意指控,攻击他人名誉
对某人发表诽谤性言论；无根据地说坏话；中伤。；虚假或恶意指控,攻击他人名誉；中伤；诽谤
In use
He accused his neighbor of trying to slander him to the landlord.
She was angry because someone had slandered her name online.
Don't slander others based on rumors you haven't verified.
slander sb
slander 是及物动词，后面直接跟被诽谤的人，不需要介词。
She slandered her rival in front of the whole team.
她在全队面前诽谤自己的对手。
be slandered by sb
被动语态强调受害者，施动者用 by 引出。
The politician was slandered by his opponents during the campaign.
这位政客在竞选期间遭到对手的诽谤。
Verb forms
base slander · third person slanders · -ing slandering · past slandered · past participle slandered
slander 作动词时是规则变化：slander – slandered – slandered，-ing 形式为 slandering。
Connections
Collocations
- slander someone
- 诽谤某人
- He slandered his former colleague in front of everyone.他在众人面前诽谤他以前的同事。
- maliciously slander
- 恶意中伤
- The article maliciously slandered the actress and ruined her reputation.那篇文章恶意中伤这位女演员，毁了她的名声。
- publicly slander
- 公开诽谤
- She publicly slandered her neighbor, accusing him of theft without any evidence.她公开诽谤邻居，毫无根据地指控他偷窃。
- slander a rival
- 诽谤竞争对手
- The company tried to slander its rivals to gain an advantage in the market.该公司试图诽谤竞争对手以在市场上获得优势。
- slander an innocent person
- 诽谤无辜的人
- The gossip magazine slandered the innocent teacher and caused her great distress.那家八卦杂志诽谤这位无辜的教师，使她非常痛苦。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆：slander 里藏着 land，想成谣言把对方名声砸进烂泥地里——即诽谤中伤。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：legal contexts、formal writing、news reporting slander 作动词时通常用于正式或法律语境，多指恶意捏造并散布虚假言论以损害他人名誉；在非常随意的口语中较少使用，较常见的说法是 speak ill of 或 badmouth。
Pronunciation & Spelling
以上单词重读元音及之后均为 /ændɚ/，与 slander 押韵；其中除 candor 外，拼写均含 -ander。注意 wander /ˈwɑːndɚ/、squander /ˈskwɑːndɚ/ 也以 -ander 结尾，但元音不同，不押韵。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.