"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").
双语例句
1. He was the victim of calumny.
他遭到诬蔑。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Calumny is answered best with silence.
沉默可以止谤.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. Calumny require no proof.
诽谤无需证据.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. Calumny requires no proof.
诽谤无需证据。
来自辞典例句
5. Calumny , even from the mouth of a fool, will sometimes cut into unguarded feelings.