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bad-mouth是什么意思

bad-mouth

英 ['bæd,mauθ] 美

vi. 苛刻批评；诽谤
vt. 严厉批评；恶意攻击
n. 恶意攻击者

助记提示

1、bad + mouth.

英文词源

bad-mouth (v.): "abuse someone verbally," 1941, probably ultimately from noun phrase bad mouth (1835), in Black English, "a curse, spell," translating an idiom found in African and West Indian languages. Related: Bad-mouthed; bad-mouthing.

双语例句

1. If you're lonely when you're alone, you're in bad company.--Jean Paul Sartre: 如果你独处时感到寂寞，说明没有把自己陪好。

2. Too bad he used his intelligence for criminal purposes.: 他把聪明都用在了犯罪上，太可惜了。

3. When the right woman comes along, this bad dream will be over.: 当有合适的女人出现时，这种胡思乱想就会停止了。

4. She was in rather a bad film about the Mau Mau.: 她出演了一部关于茅茅运动（20世纪50年代肯尼亚基库尤人反抗英国殖民者的民族主义运动）的烂片。

5. Many parents find it hard to discourage bad behaviour.: 很多父母觉得要孩子循规蹈矩是件很难的事情。