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

On, no need to decry your industry!
得了，您很勤快，不必谦虚了！
It falls neatly into the growing genre of anti-higher education tirades that decry the rising cost of education and the lack of any guarantees.
它们与一些越来越抵制高等教育的反对人士不谋而合，那些反对派谴责高等学府一方面不断提高教育成本，一方面缺少对学生未来就业的任何保障。
'You seem to be a genuine cosmopolite,'I said admiringly.'But it also seems that you would decry patriotism.'
您真是个真正的世界公民，我羡慕得说，但是这也让您显得有点毁谤了爱国主义。
On the left, people who struggle the hardest for social change would decry changes in other countries that they view as a result of globalization.
一方面，竭尽全力推进社会改革的人可能会谴责其他国家中他们认为由全球化引起的变革。
Thus I do not mean to decry a fashion, but to underscore the motive behind the contemporary taste for the extreme in art and thought.
因而，我在这里并不是想批驳一种流行的观念，而是意欲从当代的艺术和思潮中揭示出隐藏于极端趣味背后的内部动因。
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？
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。
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。
And it might take a brave energy minister to endorse a measure that many would decry as unvarnished protectionism.
而且，恐怕只有足够勇敢的能源部长，才会批准这种会被许多人斥为明目张胆的贸易保护主义行径的措施。
People decried the campaign as a waste of money.
人们谴责这一活动是浪费金钱。