censure

'senʃә

托福 Collins 1

n. harsh criticism or disapproval

n. 责难
vt. 非难, 指责

Collins 星级

14,791

BNC 频率

15,287

使用频率

censure 的词根是 cens-，意为“评估、判断”，后缀 -ure 表示名词。可以理解为“对某事进行评估或判断后提出的批评”。

例句

1. The teacher decided to censure the student for being late to class.

老师决定对迟到的学生进行谴责。

2. The committee voted to censure the member for his inappropriate comments.

委员会投票决定谴责该成员的不当言论。

3. She faced censure from her peers after missing the important deadline.

她在错过重要截止日期后受到了同龄人的谴责。