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slander

noun
🔊/ˈslɑːndə(r)/
🔊/ˈslændər/
[countable, uncountable]
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  1. a false spoken statement intended to damage the good opinion people have of somebody; the legal offence of making this kind of statement口头诽谤；口头诽谤罪
    • a vicious slander on the company’s good name对那家公司良好声誉的恶意诽谤
    • He's suing them for slander.他控告他们口头诽谤。🔊🔊
    compare libel
    Extra Examples
    • Many teachers saw the statement as a gross slander on their profession.很多老师把这一言论看作是对他们职业公然的诋毁。
    • I might have grounds for a slander suit.我可能有理由以诽谤罪提起诉讼。
    Topics Crime and punishmentc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • gross
    • malicious
    • vicious
    • …
    verb + slander
    • be guilty of
    • sue somebody for
    slander + noun
    • suit
    preposition
    • slander against
    • slander on
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    Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French esclandre, alteration of escandle, from late Latin scandalum ‘cause of offence’, from Greek skandalon ‘snare, stumbling block’.

slander

verb
🔊/ˈslɑːndə(r)/
🔊/ˈslændər/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they slander
🔊/ˈslɑːndə(r)/
🔊/ˈslændər/
he / she / it slanders
🔊/ˈslɑːndəz/
🔊/ˈslændərz/
past simple slandered
🔊/ˈslɑːndəd/
🔊/ˈslændərd/
past participle slandered
🔊/ˈslɑːndəd/
🔊/ˈslændərd/
-ing form slandering
🔊/ˈslɑːndərɪŋ/
🔊/ˈslændərɪŋ/
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  1. slander somebody/something to make a false spoken statement about somebody that is intended to damage the good opinion that people have of them口头诽谤；诋毁；中伤
    • He angrily accused the investigators of slandering both him and his family.他气愤地指责调查者诋毁他和他的家人。🔊🔊
    compare libelTopics Crime and punishmentc2
    Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French esclandre, alteration of escandle, from late Latin scandalum ‘cause of offence’, from Greek skandalon ‘snare, stumbling block’.