discredit
verb- discredit somebody/something
to make people stop respecting somebody/something 敗壞…的名聲;使喪失信譽;使丢臉 The photos were deliberately taken to discredit the president. 這些蓄意拍攝的照片旨在敗壞總統的名聲。 a discredited government/policy 名聲掃地的政府;失去信譽的政策
Extra ExamplesShe accused the minister of trying to discredit the government. 她指責部長試圖诋毀政府。 This was a blatant attempt to discredit this company. 這是公然試圖給這家公司抹黑。 This divided and discredited government has lost the trust of the people. 這個四分五裂、信譽掃地的政府已經失去了人民的信任。
- discredit something
to make people stop believing that something is true; to make something appear unlikely to be true 使不相信;使懷疑;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).