slander  /sl'ændɚ/

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資料來源(1): pydict data [pydict]

  slander
  中傷,誹謗(vt.)中傷,誹謗

資料來源(2): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Slander \Slan"der\, n. [OE. sclandere, OF. esclandre, esclandle,
     escandre, F. esclandre, fr. L. scandalum, Gr. ??? a snare,
     stumbling block, offense, scandal; probably originally, the
     spring of a trap, and akin to Skr. skand to spring, leap. See
     {Scan}, and cf. {Scandal}.]
     1. A false tale or report maliciously uttered, tending to
        injure the reputation of another; the malicious utterance
        of defamatory reports; the dissemination of malicious
        tales or suggestions to the injury of another.
  
              Whether we speak evil of a man to his face or behind
              his back; the former way, indeed, seems to be the
              most generous, but yet is a great fault, and that
              which we call ``reviling;'' the latter is more mean
              and base, and that which we properly call
              ``slander'', or ``Backbiting.''       --Tillotson.
  
              [We] make the careful magistrate The mark of
              slander.                              --B. Jonson.

資料來源(3): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Slander \Slan"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Slandered}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Slandering}.]
     1. To defame; to injure by maliciously uttering a false
        report; to tarnish or impair the reputation of by false
        tales maliciously told or propagated; to calumniate.
  
              O, do not slander him, for he is kind. --Shak.
  
     2. To bring discredit or shame upon by one's acts.
  
              Tax not so bad a voice To slander music any more
              than once.                            --Shak.
  
     Syn: To asperse; defame; calumniate; vilify; malign; belie;
          scandalize; reproach. See {Asperse}.

資料來源(4): WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]

  slander
       n 1: words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another
       2: an abusive attack on a person's character or good name [syn:
           {aspersion}, {calumny}, {defamation}, {denigration}]
       v : charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good
           name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have
           defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my
           reputation" [syn: {defame}, {smirch}, {asperse}, {denigrate},
            {calumniate}, {smear}, {sully}, {besmirch}]