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opprobrium

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++op·pro·bri·um /əˈprəʊbriəm $ əˈproʊ-/ noun [uncountable] formal  REPUTATIONstrong criticism or disapproval, especially expressed publicly 〔公开的〕谴责,抨击
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opprobriumAny country trading in these weapons would face international opprobrium.The Hooper who existed in Brideshead Revisited, though, bore all the weight of Waugh's opprobrium.The Third Republic's reputation, he argues, does not deserve the opprobrium heaped upon it by Gaullists and Petainists alike.The individual whose own income is going up has no real reason to incur the opprobrium of this discussion.Yet it is not he but the virtuous Harry Percy who dies and poor old Falstaff who has to shoulder the opprobrium.
Origin opprobrium (1600-1700) Latin opprobrare to blame, from probrum disgrace
op·pro·bri·um nounChineseSyllable
Corpus publicly criticism especially expressed strong or disapproval,


opprobrium
opprobrium /əˈprəʊbriəm $ əˈproʊ-/ noun [uncountable] formal
 Date: 1600-1700
 Language: Latin
 Origin: opprobrare 'to blame', from probrum 'disgrace'
strong criticism or disapproval, especially expressed publicly


op·pro·briumBrE /əˈprəʊbriəm/ 🔊NAmE /əˈproʊbriəm/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] (formal) severe criticism of a person, country, etc. by a large group of people (众人的)谴责,责难,抨击 op·pro·bri·ous BrE /əˈprəʊbriəs/ 🔊NAmE /əˈproʊbriəs/ 🔊 adjectivean opprobrious remark众人的指摘