decry

英 [dɪˈkraɪ]

美 [dɪˈkraɪ]

v. (公开)谴责; (强烈)批评

过去式：decried　过去分词：decried　现在分词：decrying　第三人称单数：decries　

TOEFL GRE TEM8

BNC.19796 / COCA.11621

牛津词典

verb

（公开）谴责；（强烈）批评
to strongly criticize sb/sth, especially publicly
1. The measures were decried as useless.
  这些措施受到指责，说是不起作用。

柯林斯词典

VERB （强烈）谴责，抨击，反对
If someonedecriesan idea or action, they criticize it strongly.
1. He is impatient with those who decry the scheme...
  对于那些反对该方案的人，他表现得很不耐烦。
2. People decried the campaign as a waste of money.
  人们谴责这一活动是浪费金钱。

英英释义

verb

express strong disapproval of
1. We condemn the racism in South Africa
2. These ideas were reprobated
Synonym:condemnreprobateobjurgateexcoriate

双语例句

A decade ago, it was fashionable for western consultants, bankers and business people to decry Japan's domestic service industry.
10年前，对于西方咨询顾问、银行家和商业人士而言，谴责日本国内的服务行业是一件时髦的事情。
On, no need to decry your industry!
得了，您很勤快，不必谦虚了！
And it might take a brave energy minister to endorse a measure that many would decry as unvarnished protectionism.
而且，恐怕只有足够勇敢的能源部长，才会批准这种会被许多人斥为明目张胆的贸易保护主义行径的措施。
Cultural historians and moralists have tended to write from an aristocratic point of view and to decry the breakdown of standards.
文化历史学家和道德家则倾向于从贵族的观点出发来论述，竭力反对打破一切标准。
What we are accustomed to decry as great social evils, will, for the most part, be found to be but the outgrowth of man's own perverted life;
我们惯常指责为社会灾害的东西，很大程度上都只不过肇始于人们自己生活的荒淫；
It is hardly surprising that a green lobby group should decry the practices of the logging industry.
绿色环保团体谴责伐木公司的行为一点也不令人惊讶。
In an earlier statement, Ali did decry what he called the "continuous threats of Al-Shabab terrorists" to refugees and aid workers.
在早先的一份声明中，阿里总理曾经谴责他所称的“青年党恐怖份子对难民和救援人员持续的威胁”。
'You seem to be a genuine cosmopolite,'I said admiringly.'But it also seems that you would decry patriotism.'
您真是个真正的世界公民，我羡慕得说，但是这也让您显得有点毁谤了爱国主义。
On the left, people who struggle the hardest for social change would decry changes in other countries that they view as a result of globalization.
一方面，竭尽全力推进社会改革的人可能会谴责其他国家中他们认为由全球化引起的变革。
"You seem to be a genuine cosmopolite," I said admiringly." But it also seems that you would decry patriotism. "During hypnosis, it is as though the brain temporarily suspends its attempts to authenticate incoming sensory information.
你似乎是个货真价实的世界公民，我羡慕地说。不过，你似乎也抵毁了爱国主义。在催眠时，脑似乎暂时停止判断进入的感觉讯息是否真实。