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基本英英词源搭配记法近义反义例句例句
n.颈手枷⁴¹;示众²⁸;嘲弄¹⁷v.套上枷锁⁷;使遭人嘲笑⁷名词复数pillories过去分词pilloried现在分词pillorying三单pillories
刑具嘲笑
Noun:
a wooden instrument of punishment on a post with holes for the wrists and neck; offenders were locked in and so exposed to public scorn
Verb:
expose to ridicule or public scornpunish by putting in a pillorycriticize harshly or violently;The press savaged the new President The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage 来自古法语pilori,木枷，枷锁，可能来自拉丁语pila,柱子，词源同pillar,pole.原指在柱子上挂枷示众，引申词义公开批评，抨击。nail to the pillory钉在枷架上in the pillory被处枷刑
GRE红宝书读: 劈了他－用西红柿和鸡蛋劈了他－示众惩罚
pile 桩子 + lorry卡车，绑在卡车后面的桩子戴着颈手枷上游街示众
注意不要和pillar支柱相混GRE难词记忆pillory 音“劈了锐”→劈了颈手枷，锐气大增谐音记忆pillory音“劈了锐”⇒劈了颈手枷，锐气大增注意不要和pillarn.支柱相混近义词 scorn轻蔑brand烙印blast爆炸deride嘲笑gibbet绞架ridicule嘲笑denounce谴责savage野性的humiliate使 … 蒙羞crucify钉在十字架上处死…pour scorn on对…不屑一顾…
名词56%,动词44%
用作名词The world mocks at it and sometimes puts one in thepilloryfor it.世人对它大加嘲笑,有时甚至还给它带上颈手枷。用作动词She waspilloriedin the press for her extravagant parties.她的聚会十分铺张，新闻界对她大加嘲弄。 Even if all these people gave back double the amount they received and spent the week in the public pillory, it wouldn't fix the problem.
这些人交回两倍于他们收到的薪金,花一周时间示众也解决不了问题。 yeeyan
That it should be so the world does not understand. The world mocks it and sometimes puts one in the pillory for it.
这个世界不理解这一点，而只是嘲讽它，有时还因为它而给人带上镣铐。 douban
Will those found guilty be dragged straight from the court to the pillory?
那些看起来有罪的人会从法庭上被直接拉出去示众吗？ yeeyan
As the sacred edifice was too much thronged to admit another auditor, she took up her position close beside the scaffold of the pillory.
由于神圣的大厦中挤得人山人海，再也无法容纳新的听讲人，她只好在紧靠刑台的地方占了个位置。 hjenglish
But if he meant to pillory Israel’s hardline policies, going for Ms Livni missed the mark.
但是如果他想将以色列的强硬派政客 Ms Livni套上镣铐就失策了。 ecocn
Church leaders protest it is unfair to pillory Benedict, who has acted far more vigorously than Pope John Paul II to stamp out sex abuse.
教会的领导抗议嘲弄本尼迪克特是不公平的，他在消除性虐待方面的表现要比教皇约翰•保罗二世积极得多。 ecocn
It should be easy enough to pillory bottled water.
要对瓶装饮用水提出批评并非难事。 ecocn
Meanwhile Hester Prynne was standing beside the scaffold of the pillory, with the scarlet letter still burning on her breast!
与此同时，海丝特·白兰却站在刑台的旁边，胸前依然灼烧着红字！ ebigear
Political palatability is critical, with senators worried about unemployment and ready to pillory anyone connected to bail-outs.
政治家总是带有批评的态度，议员们已经在为失业率担心并且准备嘲笑那些与救市计划有联系的人。 ecocn
The shoes were often used in conjunction with the standing pillory a device that holds your head and wrists in place while you stand.
这种鞋子常常是联合直立用颈手枷站立时枷住头部和手腕的一种装置使用的 。 yeeyan |