vilify
verb (formal)to say or write unpleasant things about somebody/something so that other people will have a low opinion of them 污蔑；诽谤；诋毁；中伤 - vilify somebody/something
A campaign was mounted to vilify the leaders of the organization. 发起了一场诋毁该组织领导人的运动。 She has been vilified and misunderstood by her community. 她受到了社区的诋毁和误解。 - vilify somebody/something as something
They were vilified by the press as ‘international terrorists’. 他们被新闻界诬蔑为“国际恐怖分子”。 - vilify somebody/something for (doing) something
We shouldn't vilify people for being successful. 我们不应该因为人们成功而诋毁他们。
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘lower in value’): from late Latin vilificare, from Latin vilis ‘of low value’.- vilify somebody/something