pillory

英 [ˈpɪləri]

美 [ˈpɪləri]

v.  公开批评; 抨击
n.  (古刑具)木枷，颈手枷

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

GRE

BNC.22989 / COCA.27004

牛津词典

verb

• 公开批评；抨击
  to criticize sb strongly in public
  1. He was regularly pilloried by the press for his radical ideas.
     他因观点极端而经常受到新闻界的抨击。

noun

• （古刑具）木枷，颈手枷
  a wooden frame, with holes for the head and hands, which people were locked into in the past as a punishment

柯林斯词典

• VERB 使受公众（尤指记者）批评；使受羞辱
  If someoneis pilloried, a lot of people, especially journalists, criticize them and make them look stupid.
  1. A man has been forced to resign as a result of being pilloried by some of the press.
     一人因为受到一些媒体的抨击已被迫辞职。
• 颈手枷（欧洲旧时用以将罪犯示众的刑具）
  Apilloryis a wooden frame with holes for the head and hands. In Europe in former times criminals were sometimes locked in a pillory as a form of punishment.

英英释义

noun

• a wooden instrument of punishment on a post with holes for the wrists and neck

verb

• criticize harshly or violently
  1. The press savaged the new President
  2. The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage
  Synonym:savageblastcrucify
• punish by putting in a pillory
• expose to ridicule or public scorn
  Synonym:gibbet

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