pilloried

英 [ˈpɪlərid]

美 [ˈpɪlərid]

v.  公开批评; 抨击
pillory的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 使受公众（尤指记者）批评；使受羞辱
  If someoneis pilloried, a lot of people, especially journalists, criticize them and make them look stupid.
  1. A man has been forced to resign as a result of being pilloried by some of the press.
     一人因为受到一些媒体的抨击已被迫辞职。
• 颈手枷（欧洲旧时用以将罪犯示众的刑具）
  Apilloryis a wooden frame with holes for the head and hands. In Europe in former times criminals were sometimes locked in a pillory as a form of punishment.

双语例句

• Until now, however, Facebook's search function had been pilloried as inadequate.
  不过，迄今为止，Facebook搜索功能的不足一直深受诟病。
• The bank executives pilloried by the UK's Treasury select committee of MPs were all exceptional people.
  受到英国财政部特别委员会的议员们嘲笑的银行高管都是优秀的人才。
• Rick Perry was pilloried for suggesting that in some rugged areas, more "aviation assets in the ground" might be better than fencing.
  而里克。佩里曾因提出在边境的一些崎岖之地“建航空机场”比修围墙要划算的建议而被人贻笑大方。
• He resolved not to be pilloried beside her on her pedestal of shame.
  他决心不同她在那受辱台上并肩而立。
• Nevertheless, the websites pilloried were caught by surprise yesterday.
  尽管如此，昨日受批的网站还是表示意外。
• A man has been forced to resign as a result of being pilloried by some of the press.
  一人因为受到一些媒体的抨击已被迫辞职。
• Central bankers in developed economies are being pilloried for focusing too much on price stability, ignoring asset market bubbles and failing to prevent the worst crisis seen for a generation.
  发达国家的央行行长们遭到外界的嘲笑，认为他们过于关注物价稳定，忽视了资产价格泡沫且未能防范一代人以来最为严重的危机。
• At a recent hearing, UK members of Parliament pilloried companies for using tax havens, for "manipulating" their accounts to cut their tax bills and for engaging in "immoral" activity.
  在英国议会最近举行的一个听证会上，议员们抨击企业利用避税天堂、为降低纳税额而“操纵”账目以及从事“不道德”行为。
• He pilloried western banks, chunks of whose near-worthless stock are now owned by Chinese state institutions, for their blind pursuit of profit and lack of discipline.
  他指责西方银行片面追逐利润缺乏自律。如今中国国有金融机构持有大量的西方银行股票，它们几乎一文不值。
• The economic edifice market capitalism that has fostered this expansion is now being pilloried for the pause and partial retrenchment.
  推动上述扩张的经济体系市场资本主义现在已被套上了枷锁，它将出现短暂的停歇或部分的删减。