censure
Word family adjectivecensurablenouncensurablenesscensureadverbcensurably
cen·sure1 /ˈsenʃə $ -ər/ noun [uncountableU] censure2 verb [transitiveT] formalCRITICIZE to officially criticize someone for something they have done wrong 严厉批评,正式谴责 He was officially censured for his handling of the situation. 他因对这个情况处理不当而受到严厉批评。
censure• No sitting speaker in the 208-year history of this Congress has been reprimanded or censured.• The firms also were censured and fined $ 250,000 each.• Tammy Bruce was censured by the feminist elite for saying she did not want to deal with a bunch of black women.• In particular, they have been censured for failing sufficiently to take into account the needs of local people.• Several senators called for Hayes to be censured for his conduct.• Who was she to censure him?• Ali censures the heretic with a playful stare. Origin censure1 (1300-1400) Latin censura, from
censere;
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