Wordiyodecry
🇬🇧 UK/di'krai/🇺🇸 US
TOEFLGREA1
Definitions
v.
To publicly criticize or condemn something as harmful or wrong
公开谴责，强烈批评；抨击
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-deriveddedown, away, reversal
+
crystem
=decry
Common Collocations
- 1.decry the decision强烈批评决定
- 2.decry as harmful谴责为有害
- 3.widely decried广泛谴责
Example Sentences
- 1.
Environmental groups decry the government's decision to allow offshore drilling.
- 2.
Critics decry the rising costs of higher education as unaffordable for most families.
- 3.
Activists decried the proposed policy as harmful to workers and the economy.