Calumny

(n.) False accusation of a crime or offense, maliciously made or reported, to the injury of another; malicious misrepresentation; slander; detraction.

手打:玛莎

• Yours is a very modest and convenient sort of calumny, Major Dobbin, Rebecca said. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• He would not retreat before calumny, as if he submitted to it. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Calumny, even from the mouth of a fool, will sometimes cut into unguarded feelings. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• He must make himself proof against calumny. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• But how will you make yourself proof against calumny? 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• When I look abroad, I foresee on every side, dispute, contradiction, anger, calumny and detraction. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• Mr. Lydgate would understand that if his friends hear a calumny about him their first wish must be to justify him. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• What I mean by being proof against calumny is being able to point to the fact as a contradiction. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• On abuse, on reproach, on calumny, it is easy to smile; but painful indeed is the panegyric of those we contemn. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Who has told such calumnies? 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.

录入:丽莎