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！
Presenting a new currency regime to the likes of Dominique Strauss-Kahn of the International Monetary Fund, who has wasted few opportunities to decry an "undervalued" Renminbi in recent years, may stick in the craw.
把调整人民币汇率作为礼物，送给近年来一有机会就谴责人民币“被低估”的国际货币基金组织（imf）总裁多米尼克斯特劳斯-卡恩（dominiquestrauss-kahn）之流，或许会让人感到难以接受。
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。
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。
Why decry the wealth gap?
贫富差距，为什么要谴责它？
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。