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revile

🇬🇧 UK/ri'vail/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

v.

To criticize or attack someone with harsh, abusive language.

辱骂；斥责；诽谤

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
reagain, back
+
vileother
=revile

Common Collocations

  • 1.publicly reviled公开斥责
  • 2.reviled and mocked辱骂和嘲讽
  • 3.[widely reviled]广受谴责
  • 4.revile someone as斥责某人为……

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The politician was reviled by the public after the corruption scandal broke out.

  • 2.

    Critics reviled the author's latest work as offensive and poorly written.

  • 3.

    He was reviled and mocked by his opponents throughout the campaign.

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