The article is an attempt to defame an honest man. 这篇文章旨在诋毁一个正直的人.
The article is an attempt to defame an honest man. 一般都认为他是一个诚实的人。
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Defame \De*fame"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Defamed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Defaming}.] [OE. defamen, diffamen, from F. diffamer, or OF. perh. defamer, fr. L. diffamare (cf. defamatus infamous); dis- (in this word confused with de) + fama a report. See {Fame}.] 1. To harm or destroy the good fame or reputation of; to disgrace; especially, to speak evil of maliciously; to dishonor by slanderous reports; to calumniate; to asperse.
2. To render infamous; to bring into disrepute.
My guilt thy growing virtues did defame; My blackness blotted thy unblemish'd name. --Dryden.
3. To charge; to accuse. [R.]
Rebecca is . . . defamed of sorcery practiced on the person of a noble knight. --Sir W. Scott.
Syn: To asperse; slander; calumniate; vilify. See {Asperse}.
"It was not my intention to defame the memory of a fine man," Letterman said. "It was poor judgment.
Judge Matthew Ngulube, head of the government-appointed referendum commission, said campaigning will be allowed beginning Monday as long as the language used is "sober and temperate" and does not defame individuals.
In a ruling here yesterday, a state appeals court decided that the New York Yankees' principal owner, George Steinbrenner, didn't defame umpire Dallas Parks by criticizing him after a two-game series against Toronto in 1982.