decry

英 [dɪˈkraɪ]

美 [dɪˈkraɪ]

v. (公开)谴责; (强烈)批评

过去式：decried　过去分词：decried　现在分词：decrying　第三人称单数：decries　

TOEFL GRE TEM8

BNC.19796 / COCA.11621

牛津词典

verb

（公开）谴责；（强烈）批评
to strongly criticize sb/sth, especially publicly
1. The measures were decried as useless.
  这些措施受到指责，说是不起作用。

柯林斯词典

VERB （强烈）谴责，抨击，反对
If someonedecriesan idea or action, they criticize it strongly.
1. He is impatient with those who decry the scheme...
  对于那些反对该方案的人，他表现得很不耐烦。
2. People decried the campaign as a waste of money.
  人们谴责这一活动是浪费金钱。

英英释义

verb

express strong disapproval of
1. We condemn the racism in South Africa
2. These ideas were reprobated
Synonym:condemnreprobateobjurgateexcoriate

双语例句

And, if so, is there anyone today who still would decry call-ahead airport pickup services?
即便如此，现在还会有人谴责机场预约接机服务吗？
Why decry the wealth gap?
贫富差距，为什么要谴责它？
After all, these days it is popular for pundits to decry the dumbing down of the US media in general, and television in particular.
毕竟，如今评论人士喜欢谴责美国媒体总体水平低俗，尤其是电视。
In an earlier statement, Ali did decry what he called the "continuous threats of Al-Shabab terrorists" to refugees and aid workers.
在早先的一份声明中，阿里总理曾经谴责他所称的“青年党恐怖份子对难民和救援人员持续的威胁”。
It would be a complete mistake to decry love of power altogether as a motive.
对权欲作为一个动机全盘否定是完全错误的。
What we are accustomed to decry as great social evils, will, for the most part, be found to be but the outgrowth of man's own perverted life;
我们惯常指责为社会灾害的东西，很大程度上都只不过肇始于人们自己生活的荒淫；
He is impatient with those who decry the scheme
对于那些反对该方案的人，他表现得很不耐烦。
On the left, people who struggle the hardest for social change would decry changes in other countries that they view as a result of globalization.
一方面，竭尽全力推进社会改革的人可能会谴责其他国家中他们认为由全球化引起的变革。
It is hardly surprising that a green lobby group should decry the practices of the logging industry.
绿色环保团体谴责伐木公司的行为一点也不令人惊讶。
Thus I do not mean to decry a fashion, but to underscore the motive behind the contemporary taste for the extreme in art and thought.
因而，我在这里并不是想批驳一种流行的观念，而是意欲从当代的艺术和思潮中揭示出隐藏于极端趣味背后的内部动因。