bad-mouth

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˈbæd.maʊθ]
• 美式音标 [ˈbæd.maʊθ]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• vi. 苛刻批评；诽谤
• vt. 严厉批评；恶意攻击
• n. 恶意攻击者

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• If Mr Dalio thinks his underlings never bad-mouth him behind his back, he is dangerously deluded.
  如果雷蒙德认为自己的下属从不在背后对他说三道四，他也太容易被哄骗了。
• We belittle them for their success, we criticize unfairly, we bad-mouth people, we become obstacles to their further progress.
  我们因为别人的成功去贬损他们，对他们进行不公正的评价，说他们的坏话，阻碍他们的进步。
• I know, this means my forehead exposed to bows and arrows, my heart will be hurt by bad-mouth.
  我知道这是把自己的额头裸露在弓箭之下了，心灵极容易被别人的批判洞伤。

权威例句

• True, their advertisements do not criticise each other, though they sometimes bad-mouth rivals such as Amex.
  ECONOMIST: Is it a carve-up?
• Rathmann, says Wiltsey, is too much of a "humanist" to bad-mouth colleagues, although he is emotional and has been known to raise his voice a few decibels, particularly when he's defending his company.
  FORBES: Biotechnology All-Stars
• This is most obvious in Britain, where during the recent election campaign Labour and Tory leaders vied with each other to bad-mouth Brussels (though the new Labour government has begun, as John Major once did, with a charm offensive in Europe).
  ECONOMIST: Europe's mid-life crisis

词组短语

短语

• Bad -mouth someone 说某人的坏话
• bad -mouth sb 说某人的坏话
• I hate to bad -mouth people 我讨厌说别人坏话的人

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• to criticize someone or something in a very unpleasant manner

柯林斯英英字典

• If someone bad-mouths you, they say unpleasant things about you, especially when you are not there to defend yourself.