libel

英 ['la?b(?)l] 美['la?bl]
  • n. 誹謗罪;詆毀;毀壞名譽(yù)的東西;控訴書
  • vt. 中傷;控告;對(duì)…進(jìn)行誹謗
  • vi. 進(jìn)行文字誹謗

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詞態(tài)變化


復(fù)數(shù):?libels;第三人稱單數(shù):?libels;過去式:?libelled;過去分詞:?libelled;現(xiàn)在分詞:?libelling;

助記提示


1. => small book, little book.
2. => 打小報(bào)告。

中文詞源


libel 誹謗,中傷

來自拉丁語liber,書,來自PIE*leup,剝下,削皮,詞源同leaf,library,-el,小詞后綴。即小書,引申詞義小冊(cè)子,誹謗書。

英文詞源


libel
libel: see library
libel (n.)
c. 1300, "formal written statement," especially, in civil law, "plaintiff's statement of charges" (mid-14c.); from Old French libelle (fem.) "small book; (legal) charge, claim; writ; written report" (13c.), from Latin libellus "a little book, pamphlet; petition, written accusation, complaint," diminutive of liber "book" (see library). Broader sense of "any published or written statement likely to harm a person's reputation" is first attested 1630s.
libel (v.)
mid-15c., "make an initial statement setting out a plaintiff's case" (modern sense from 1560s), from libel (n.), q.v. for sense development. Related: Libeled; libelled; libeling; libelling.

雙語例句


1. Canadian libel law is based on English common law.
加拿大的誹謗法是以英國的習(xí)慣法為基礎(chǔ)的。

來自柯林斯例句

2. She had a libel action against the magazine pending.
她對(duì)該雜志提起的誹謗訴訟尚未判決。

來自柯林斯例句

3. Mr Warren sued him for libel over the remarks.
沃倫先生控告他散布誹謗性言論。

來自柯林斯例句

4. It can be difficult for public figures to win a libel case.
公眾人物想打贏誹謗官司可能會(huì)很難。

來自柯林斯例句

5. The paper got clobbered with libel damages of half a million pounds.
這家報(bào)紙被罰以五十萬英鎊的誹謗損害賠償金。

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