Denounce 是一个与小站之前推送过的renounce不仅十分形似而且容易混淆的单词。该词源自拉丁语denuntiare（宣布、宣告；谴责、威胁；指挥、命令），14世纪初经古法语进入英语后原指“宣布，以正式的方式使人知道”，不过这个含义现在已不再流行。发展到今天， denounce 主要用来表示“谴责、指责、痛斥”，多指因强烈地感到对方是错的或邪恶的而进行公开严厉的批判指责，

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The newly inaugurated government's economic policy has been denounced on all sides. Meanwhile, the current monetary policy is also strangling the economy.新上任的政府的经济政策受到了各方面的谴责。与此同时，现行货币政策也抑制了经济的发展。

The project was denounced as a scandalous waste of public money.这项工程被斥责为挥霍公款，令人愤慨。

His former colleagues have denounced him as a spy. I wonder whether it is true, but he is something of an enigma, that's for sure.另外，自15世纪末期起， denounce 还被用来表示“告发、检举”，多指将某人的非法政治活动告诉警察或执政当局，比如：他以前的同事们告发他是间谍。我不知道是不是真的，但他有点让人捉摸不透，这一点是肯定的。

But if you tell Granny I said so, I'll denounce you as a liar.影视用例查看视频请点击：小词详解 | denounce

但你要是敢把我的话告诉奶奶，我就说你撒谎。出自2010年首播的英国时代迷你剧《唐顿庄园》（Downton Abbey

condemn: express complete disapproval of, typically in public; censure censure: express severe disapproval of (someone or something), especially in a formal statement decry: publicly denounce同近义词