vilify /ˈvɪlɪˌfaɪ/ ( vilifying, vilified, vilifies )

• 1. 

  V-T If you are vilified by someone, they say or write very unpleasant things about you, so that people will have a low opinion of you. 诽谤 [正式]

  例：

  The agency has been vilified by some doctors for being unnecessarily slow to approve life-saving drugs.

  该机构因对救生药物的审批速度过慢而备受一些医生的诽谤。

  例：

  He was vilified, hounded, and forced into exile by the FBI.

  他遭到了联邦调查局的诽谤和追捕，被迫流亡国外。

• 2. 

  vilification N-UNCOUNT

  例：

  Conchita did not deserve the vilification she had been subjected to.

  肯奇塔不该受到这样的诽谤。