denounce [dɪ'naʊnts] verb transitive CRITICIZE 批评 ■to criticize something or someone strongly and publicly (公开)谴责,痛斥•The government's economic policy has been denounced on all sides.政府的经济政策受到了各方面的谴责。 •We must denounce injustice and oppression.我们必须对不公和压迫现象予以谴责。 [dɪ'naʊnts] verb transitive ACCUSE 指控 ■to accuse someone publicly of being something bad; to give information against 检举;告发•His former colleagues have denounced him as a spy.他以前的同事告发他是间谍。 |