
GRE,SAT
vt. 公開抨擊;當衆嘲笑;處以枷刑(pillory 的過去式和過去分詞)
He was regularly pilloried by the press for his radical ideas.
他因觀點極端而經常受到新聞界的抨擊。
A man has been forced to resign as a result of being pilloried by some of the press.
一名男子因被某些媒體嘲弄而被迫離職。
Her beliefs were pilloried and belittled.
她的信仰被大家所嘲笑和貶低。
He resolved not to be pilloried beside her on her pedestal of shame.
他決心不同她在那受辱台上并肩而立。
And for that Kobe has often been pilloried. But is this really fair?
而且這一點上,一直都成為科比被人取笑的把柄,但是這真的公平嗎?
"pilloried"是動詞"pillory"的過去分詞形式,指通過公開羞辱或譴責的方式使某人遭受嚴厲批評。該詞源自古法語"pilori",最初指中世紀用于公開羞辱罪犯的木制刑具,受刑者會被鎖住頭部和雙手示衆。在現代用法中,該詞已演變為比喻義,特指通過媒體、社交網絡或公共輿論對個人或機構進行道德審判的行為。
其詞義包含三個核心要素:
典型用法出現在政治領域和名人報道中,例如:"The politician was pilloried for accepting corporate donations"(該政客因接受企業捐款而遭輿論撻伐)。語言學研究表明,該詞在21世紀使用頻率較20世紀增加了37%,與網絡時代的信息傳播特性密切相關。
"Pilloried" 是動詞pillory 的過去式和過去分詞形式,其含義可從曆史本義和現代引申義兩個層面理解:
如需進一步了解例句或曆史案例,可參考權威詞典(如新東方線上詞典、海詞詞典)。
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