discredit
discredit
(discredited, discrediting)
(discredited, discrediting)
- [with obj.]harm the good reputation of (someone or something)
败坏（人，物）的名誉
his remarks were taken out of context in an effort to discredit him.
他的话被人断章取义，目的是诋毁他。
[as adj. discredited]a discredited government.
一个名誉扫地的政府。
■cause (an idea or piece of evidence) to seem false or unreliable
使（想法，证据）看似虚假（或不可信）
his explanation for the phenomenon was soon discredited.
他对这一现象的解释很快就被质疑。
- [mass noun]loss or lack of reputation or respect
信誉（或尊重）的丧失（或缺乏）
they committed crimes which brought discredit upon the administration.
他们犯下的罪行使得当局蒙羞。
■[count noun]a person or thing that is a source of disgrace
丢脸的人（或事）
the ships were a discredit to the country.
这些船是该国的耻辱。
- mid 16th cent.: from dis- (expressing reversal) + credit, on the pattern of Italian (di)scredito (noun), (di)screditare (verb), and French discrédit (noun), discréditer (verb)
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