decry

英 [dɪˈkraɪ]

美 [dɪˈkraɪ]

v. (公开)谴责; (强烈)批评

过去式：decried　过去分词：decried　现在分词：decrying　第三人称单数：decries　

TOEFL GRE TEM8

BNC.19796 / COCA.11621

牛津词典

verb

（公开）谴责；（强烈）批评
to strongly criticize sb/sth, especially publicly
1. The measures were decried as useless.
  这些措施受到指责，说是不起作用。

柯林斯词典

VERB （强烈）谴责，抨击，反对
If someonedecriesan idea or action, they criticize it strongly.
1. He is impatient with those who decry the scheme...
  对于那些反对该方案的人，他表现得很不耐烦。
2. People decried the campaign as a waste of money.
  人们谴责这一活动是浪费金钱。

英英释义

verb

express strong disapproval of
1. We condemn the racism in South Africa
2. These ideas were reprobated
Synonym:condemnreprobateobjurgateexcoriate

双语例句

Cultural historians and moralists have tended to write from an aristocratic point of view and to decry the breakdown of standards.
文化历史学家和道德家则倾向于从贵族的观点出发来论述，竭力反对打破一切标准。
Both Robert Lucas, a Nobel Prize winner from the University of Chicago, and Robert Barro of Harvard debunk the power of the multiplier effect, and decry the burden borrowing imposes on future growth.
诺贝尔奖获得者、芝加哥大学的罗伯特•卢卡斯和哈佛大学（Harvard）的罗伯特•巴若均对乘数效应的有效性进行了批判，并强烈谴责借贷对未来增长造成的负担。
After all, these days it is popular for pundits to decry the dumbing down of the US media in general, and television in particular.
毕竟，如今评论人士喜欢谴责美国媒体总体水平低俗，尤其是电视。
A decade ago, it was fashionable for western consultants, bankers and business people to decry Japan's domestic service industry.
10年前，对于西方咨询顾问、银行家和商业人士而言，谴责日本国内的服务行业是一件时髦的事情。
Why decry the wealth gap?
贫富差距，为什么要谴责它？
Although it is fashionable to decry finance and its models, financiers are ahead of the game here.
尽管目前流行贬低金融学及金融学模型，但金融学家在这方面却早有建树。
And, if so, is there anyone today who still would decry call-ahead airport pickup services?
即便如此，现在还会有人谴责机场预约接机服务吗？
It would be a complete mistake to decry love of power altogether as a motive.
对权欲作为一个动机全盘否定是完全错误的。
On, no need to decry your industry!
得了，您很勤快，不必谦虚了！
"You seem to be a genuine cosmopolite," I said admiringly." But it also seems that you would decry patriotism. "During hypnosis, it is as though the brain temporarily suspends its attempts to authenticate incoming sensory information.
你似乎是个货真价实的世界公民，我羡慕地说。不过，你似乎也抵毁了爱国主义。在催眠时，脑似乎暂时停止判断进入的感觉讯息是否真实。