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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++de·nun·ci·a·tion /dɪˌnʌnsiˈeɪʃən/ noun [countable]  DISAPPROVEa public statement in which you criticize someone or something 谴责,斥责,控诉 denounce
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denunciationFrom his pulpit thundered the most extraordinary denunciations of violations and abuses.His prescriptions can only be inferred from his denunciations.His lengthy memos to elected officials and bureaucrats contain scathing denunciations of both past and present government practices.But he is angriest at and reserves his strongest denunciation for the intelligentsia, whom he accuses of sycophantic devotion to Yeltsin.To the degree that we accept such rituals without denunciation, we are colluding in the further subjugation of illiterate adults.
Origin denunciation (1500-1600) Latin denuntiatio, from denuntiare; → DENOUNCE
de·nun·ci·a·tion nounChineseSyllable
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denunciation
denunciation /dɪˌnʌnsiˈeɪʃən/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1500-1600
 Language: Latin
 Origin: denuntiatio, from denuntiare; denounce
a public statement in which you criticize someone or something ⇨ denounce


de·nun·ci·ationBrE /dɪˌnʌnsiˈeɪʃn/ 🔊NAmE /dɪˌnʌnsiˈeɪʃn/ 🔊 noun [countable, uncountable] ~ (of sb/sth) (formal) an act of criticizing sb/sth strongly in public (公开)谴责,斥责,指责an angry denunciation of the government's policies愤怒谴责政府的政策All parties joined in bitter denunciation of the terrorists. 所有党派同仇敌忾地痛斥恐怖分子。🔊🔊   see also denounce