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revile

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++re·vile /rɪˈvaɪl/ verb [transitive] written  HATEto express hatred of someone or something 谩骂,辱骂 SYN hate The president was now reviled by the same party he had helped to lead. 如今谩骂总统的正是他曾经协助领导的那个政党。→ See Verb table
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revileOld-fashioned church practices, with foot-stamping and arm-waving, were reviled.It was originally reviled, as the artists intended, for its rejection of conventional values of art and society.Faulkner's neighbors both loved and reviled him in the same breath.She found it impossible to settle after his visit, and spent the time until she went to bed silently reviling him.Why should people jump at the chance to become a member of a minority so despised and reviled in so many quarters?Another Bloomsbury hallmark was witty conversation and upper-class snobbery, which has made Bloomsbury reviled in some circles.His reward is to have been reviled, misrepresented and physically attacked.These often reviled one another bitterly and openly attacked the government beyond the bounds of reason.
Origin revile (1300-1400) Old French reviler, from vil; → VILE
re·vile verbChineseSyllable
Corpus someone of express or hatred something to


revile
revile /rɪˈvaɪl/ verb [transitive] written
 Date: 1300-1400
 Language: Old French
 Origin: reviler, from vil; vile
to express hatred of someone or something
   SYN  hate:
    The President was now reviled by the same party he had helped to lead.


re·vileBrE /rɪˈvaɪl/ 🔊NAmE /rɪˈvaɪl/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they revile BrE /rɪˈvaɪl/ 🔊 NAmE /rɪˈvaɪl/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it reviles BrE /rɪˈvaɪlz/ 🔊 NAmE /rɪˈvaɪlz/ 🔊past simple reviled BrE /rɪˈvaɪld/ 🔊 NAmE /rɪˈvaɪld/ 🔊past participle reviled BrE /rɪˈvaɪld/ 🔊 NAmE /rɪˈvaɪld/ 🔊 -ing form reviling BrE /rɪˈvaɪlɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /rɪˈvaɪlɪŋ/ 🔊 [usually passive] ~ sb (for sth/for doing sth) (formal) to criticize sb/sth in a way that shows how much you dislike them 辱骂;斥责