pillories

美 [ˈpɪləriz]英 [ˈpɪləriz]
  • v.抨击;公开批评
  • n.(古刑具)木枷,颈手枷
  • pillory的第三人称单数和复数
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  • 1
    VERB 使受公众(尤指记者)批评;使受羞辱
    If someone is pilloried, a lot of people, especially journalists, criticize them and make them look stupid.

    A man has been forced to resign as a result of being pilloried by some of the press.

    一人因为受到一些媒体的抨击已被迫辞职。

  • 2
    N-COUNT 颈手枷(欧洲旧时用以将罪犯示众的刑具)
    A pillory is a wooden frame with holes for the head and hands. In Europe in former times criminals were sometimes locked in a pillory as a form of punishment.