pillory
- vt.抨击;公开批评
- n.(古刑具)木枷,颈手枷
复数: pillories 过去式: pilloried 现在分词: pillorying 过去分词: pilloried 第三人称单数: pillories
verb
VN公开批评;抨击
to criticize sb strongly in public
He was regularly pilloried by the press for his radical ideas.
他因观点极端而经常受到新闻界的抨击。
noun
(古刑具)木枷,颈手枷
a wooden frame, with holes for the head and hands, which people were locked into in the past as a punishment
pillory
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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。
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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.
noun
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- a wooden instrument of punishment on a post with holes for the wrists and neck;offenders were locked in and so exposed to public scorn
verb
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- criticize harshly or violently
- The press savaged the new President
- The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage
- Synonym: savage blast crucify
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- punish by putting in a pillory
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- expose to ridicule or public scorn
- Synonym: gibbet
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Criticising all with hardly more reverence than the Indian would feel for the clerical band , the judicial robe , the pillory , the gallows , the fireside , or the church .
她几乎和印第安人一样,以不屑的态度批评牧师的丝带,法官的黑袍,颈手枷,绞刑架,家庭或教会。
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He was regularly pilloried by the press for his radical ideas .
他因观点极端而经常受到新闻界的抨击。
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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。
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He was pilloried , but she escaped without blemish .
他受到公众的批评,她却名声未损地得以逃脱
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The education secretary was pilloried in the press for his ridiculous decision .
教育部长因其荒唐的决定,而在报刊上受到吐嘈。
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Until now , however , Facebook 's search function had been pilloried as inadequate .
不过,迄今为止,Facebook搜索功能的不足一直深受诟病。
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Silicon Valley 's insistence on changing the world is usually pilloried in the news media .
在新闻媒体上,硅谷对改变世界的执着常常会受到抨击。
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Nevertheless , the websites pilloried were caught by surprise yesterday .
尽管如此,昨日受批的网站还是表示意外。
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Emergency services pilloried for a slow and chaotic response which led to needless deaths .
应急部门也因应对迟缓且混乱、导致毫无必要的伤亡,而受到公开谴责。
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He is pilloried in the newspaper and his resignation demand .
各报公开辱骂他,并要求他辞职。
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She is pillory in the press for her extravagant parties .
她的聚会十分铺张,新闻界对她大加揶揄。
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The bank executives pilloried by the UK 's Treasury select committee of MPs were all exceptional people .
受到英国财政部特别委员会的议员们嘲笑的银行高管都是优秀的人才。
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He resolved not to be pilloried beside her on her pedestal of shame .
他决心不同她在那受辱台上并肩而立。
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Political palatability is critical , with senators worried about unemployment and ready to pillory anyone connected to bail-outs .
正当参议员们对失业忧心忡忡,时刻准备要把跟救市有干系的人拿出来示众,(候选人的)政治合意性是关键的考虑。
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The economic edifice market capitalism that has fostered this expansion is now being pilloried for the pause and partial retrenchment .
推动上述扩张的经济体系市场资本主义现在已被套上了枷锁,它将出现短暂的停歇或部分的删减。
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Meanwhile Hester Prynne was standing beside the scaffold of the pillory , with the scarlet letter still burning on her breast !
与此同时,海丝特-白兰却站在刑台的旁边,胸前依然灼烧着红字!
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Her instinct to seek a peaceful solution saw her pilloried in Kiev , London and Washington as a Moscow sympathiser .
她本能地寻求和平解决方案,这使她在乌克兰、英国和美国被抨击为同情俄罗斯的人。
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In fact , although French presidents seem to have an infidelity record approaching 100 per cent , they don 't deserve to be pilloried alone .
事实上,尽管法国历任总统似乎有着近百分之百的出轨记录,但只拿他们开涮也不合情理。
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Some will celebrate billionaires as examples of this nation 's greatness , while others will pillory them as evidence of an economy gone astray .
有些人会把亿万富翁当作美国伟大荣光的榜样来赞美,也有人会批评他们是美国经济误入歧途的证据。
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At a time when there is international concern about the number and quality of science graduates , we cannot afford to pillory schools that are getting results , irrespective of sector .
当国际社会对理工科毕业生的数量和质量表示关注的时候,我们不能总是当众侮辱所得到的结果。
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It was famous , too , for the pillory , a wise old institution , that inflicted a punishment of which no one could foresee the extent ;
这监狱还以枷刑闻名。那是一种古老而聪明的制度,那种惩罚伤害之深没有人可以预见。
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Rick Perry was pilloried for suggesting that in some rugged areas , more " aviation assets in the ground " might be better than fencing .
而里克。佩里曾因提出在边境的一些崎岖之地“建航空机场”比修围墙要划算的建议而被人贻笑大方。
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He pilloried western banks , chunks of whose near-worthless stock are now owned by Chinese state institutions , for their blind pursuit of profit and lack of discipline .
他指责西方银行片面追逐利润缺乏自律。如今中国国有金融机构持有大量的西方银行股票,它们几乎一文不值。
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As the sacred edifice was too much thronged to admit another auditor , she took up her position close beside the scaffold of the pillory .
由于神圣的大厦中挤得人山人海,再也无法容纳新的听讲人,她只好在紧靠刑台的地方占了个位置。
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Central bankers in developed economies are being pilloried for focusing too much on price stability , ignoring asset market bubbles and failing to prevent the worst crisis seen for a generation .
发达国家的央行行长们遭到外界的嘲笑,认为他们过于关注物价稳定,忽视了资产价格泡沫且未能防范一代人以来最为严重的危机。
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On the one occasion that Mr Obama suggested otherwise – we can absorb another terrorist attack , he said in 2010 – he was pilloried for sounding fatalistic .
有一次奥巴马提出了不同的说法&2010年他曾说我们能够承受另一场恐怖主义袭击,结果人们嘲笑他听上去有些宿命论的意味。
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Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake were pilloried when they showed up in a denim dress and a denim suit to the2001 American Music Awards .
小甜甜布兰妮和贾斯汀·汀布莱克出席2001年全美音乐盛典时,身着牛仔裙和牛仔西装,结果遭到一片嘘声。
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In the six days since he admitted his mistake , he was pilloried relentlessly online , with Twitter feeds mocking him and amateur truth squads investigating his past reporting .
在他承认错误后的六天时间里,他在网上遭到了无情嘲笑,Twitter用户纷纷嘲讽,热衷探究真相的网友则调查了他过去的报道。
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He wants a fallacy to expose , a blunder to pillory , requires a Little sense of victory , a roll of the drums , to call his powers into full exercise .
他需要谬论供他批驳,需要错误让他嘲笑,更需要一点胜利的气氛,一阵鼓声,以便最大限度发挥他的本事。
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At a recent hearing , UK members of Parliament pilloried companies for using tax havens , for " manipulating " their accounts to cut their tax bills and for engaging in " immoral " activity .
在英国议会最近举行的一个听证会上,议员们抨击企业利用避税天堂、为降低纳税额而“操纵”账目以及从事“不道德”行为。