"False & malicious misrepresentation of the words or actions of others, calculated to injure their reputation" [Fowler], mid-15c., from Middle French calomnie (15c.), from Latin calumnia "trickery, subterfuge, misrepresentation, malicious charge," from calvi "to trick, deceive," from PIE root *kel- (6) "to deceive, confuse" (cognates: Greek kelein "to bewitch, seduce, beguile," Gothic holon "to deceive," Old Norse hol "praise, flattery," Old English hol "slander," holian "to slander").
雙語例句
1. He was the victim of calumny.
他遭到誣蔑。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Calumny is answered best with silence.
沉默可以止謗.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. Calumny require no proof.
誹謗無需證據.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. Calumny requires no proof.
誹謗無需證據。
來自辭典例句
5. Calumny , even from the mouth of a fool, will sometimes cut into unguarded feelings.