discredit
verb- discredit somebody/something
to make people stop respecting somebody/something 败坏…的名声;使丧失信誉;使丢脸 The photos were deliberately taken to discredit the president. 这些蓄意拍摄的照片旨在败坏总统的名声。 a discredited government/policy 名声扫地的政府;失去信誉的政策
Extra ExamplesShe accused the minister of trying to discredit the government. 她指责部长试图诋毁政府。 This was a blatant attempt to discredit this company. 这是公然试图给这家公司抹黑。 This divided and discredited government has lost the trust of the people. 这个四分五裂、信誉扫地的政府已经失去了人民的信任。
- discredit something
to make people stop believing that something is true; to make something appear unlikely to be true 使不相信;使怀疑;使不可置信
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from dis- (expressing reversal) + credit, on the pattern of Italian (di)scredito (noun), (di)screditare (verb), and French discrédit (noun), discréditer (verb).