pillory

释义

n.颈手枷vt.使受公众嘲笑; 将…示众; <史>给…上颈手枷; 处…以枷刑

词态变化

复数 :   pillories ; 第三人称单数 :   pillories ; 过去式 :   pilloried ; 过去分词 :   pilloried ; 现在分词 :   pillorying ;

实用场景例句

The unceasing public ridicule by the media drove a person to resign from his post.

媒体不断的公开嘲讽迫使一个人辞去了他的职位。

金山词霸

He was frequently pilloried by the media for his controversial statements.

他因言论有争议而频繁遭到媒体的抨击。

金山词霸

She is pillory in the press for her extravagant parties.

她的聚会十分铺张,新闻界对她大加揶揄.

期刊摘选

The world mocks at it and sometimes puts one in the pillory for it.

世人对它大加嘲笑,有时甚至由于它还把人送上颈手枷.

期刊摘选

英英释义

Noun

1. a wooden instrument of punishment on a post with holes for the neck and hands; offenders were locked in and so exposed to public scorn

Verb

1. expose to ridicule or public scorn

2. punish by putting in a pillory

3. criticize harshly or violently;

"The press savaged the new President"

"The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage"