2007年2月22日 星期四

英英單字圖文記憶(052) - denounce

英英單字圖文記憶(052)

denounce  [dɪˋnaʊns]
If you denounce a person or an action, you criticize them severely and publicly because you feel strongly that they are wrong or evil.

分解:前綴de = 否定的;字根nounce = speak
分析: 以否定的語言說出;講否定的話” = 譴責;痛斥。

Bad luckwas denounced again!:真衰!又被訓了!
The minister's action was denounced in the newspapers.
這位部長的行為在報紙上受到譴責。