libel

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
发音 līʹbəl

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A written or pictorial false statement which unjustly seeks to damage someone's reputation. countable
  2. The act or tort of displaying such a statement publicly. uncountable
  3. Any defamatory writing; a lampoon; a satire. countable
  4. A written declaration or statement by the plaintiff of their cause of action, and of the relief they seek. countable
    — These provisions of law being in force, the steamer Rio Grande, owned, as was alleged, by persons in Mexico, being in the port of Mobile, in the Southern District of Alabama, certain materialmen, on the 26th of November, 1867, filed separate libels against her in the district court for the said district.
  5. A brief writing of any kind, especially a declaration, bill, certificate, request, supplication, etc. countable
    — a libel of forsaking [divorcement]
动词 v.
  1. To defame (someone), especially in a manner that meets the legal definition of libel. transitive
    — He libelled her when he published that.
  2. To proceed against (goods, a ship, etc.) by filing a legal claim. transitive

词形变化

libels plural libels present,singular,third-person libeling US,participle,present libelling UK,participle,present libeled US,participle,past libeled US,past libelled UK,participle,past libelled UK,past

词汇关系

上位词
defamation defame
下位词
blasphemous libel blood libel cyberlibel McLibel Twibel
衍生词
antilibel libellize libelous libellous belibel libelant libelee libeler libeller libelist libellist unlibelled
相关词
libel chill libel tourism defamation
并列词
slander

词源

词源 1
From Middle English libel, from Old French libelle, from Latin libellus (“petition”, literally “booklet”). Doublet of libelle.
词源 2
From Middle English libel, from Old French libelle, from Latin libellus (“petition”, literally “booklet”). Doublet of libelle.
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