denounce

verb

/dɪˈnaʊns/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they denounce	/dɪˈnaʊns/ /dɪˈnaʊns/
he / she / it denounces	/dɪˈnaʊnsɪz/ /dɪˈnaʊnsɪz/
past simple denounced	/dɪˈnaʊnst/ /dɪˈnaʊnst/
past participle denounced	/dɪˈnaʊnst/ /dɪˈnaʊnst/
-ing form denouncing	/dɪˈnaʊnsɪŋ/ /dɪˈnaʊnsɪŋ/

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to strongly criticize somebody/something that you think is wrong, illegal, etc.谴责；指责；斥责
- denounce somebody/something She publicly denounced the government's handling of the crisis.她公开谴责政府处理这场危机的方式。
- denounce somebody/something as something The project was denounced as a scandalous waste of public money.这项工程被斥责为可耻的公款挥霍。
Extra Examples
- The government was bitterly denounced for the emergency measures.政府因紧急措施遭到了强烈谴责。
- These new regulations have been widely denounced.这些新规遭到广泛谴责。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- angrily
- bitterly
- roundly
- …
preposition
- for
- to
phrases
- be widely denounced
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to tell the police, the authorities, etc. about somebody’s illegal political activities告发（某人从事非法政治活动）
- denounce somebody as something They were denounced as spies.他们被揭发是间谍。
- denounce somebody (to somebody) Many people denounced their neighbours to the secret police.许多人向秘密警察告发自己的邻居。
- Someone in the village must have denounced them to the authorities.一定是村里有人向当局告发了他们。