slander

• vt. 誹謗；造謠中傷
• n. 誹謗；中傷

來自古法語 esclandre,來自拉丁語 scandalum,詞源同 scandal,醜聞，誹謗。插入緩音字母 l 後 字母 c 習慣性脫落，拚寫比較 slat.

slander

slander: [13] Slander and scandal are ultimately the same word. Both go back to Latin scandalum ‘cause of offence’. This passed into Old French as escandle, which in due course had its consonants switched round to produce esclandre, source of English slander. Scandal was borrowed from the later French form scandale.
=> scandal

slander (n.)

late 13c., "state of impaired reputation, disgrace or dishonor;" c. 1300, "a false tale; the fabrication and dissemination of false tales," from Anglo-French esclaundre, Old French esclandre "scandalous statement," alteration ("with interloping l" [Century Dictionary]) of escandle, escandre "scandal," from Latin scandalum "cause of offense, stumbling block, temptation" (see scandal). From late 14c. as "bad situation, evil action; a person causing such a state of affairs."

slander (v.)

c. 1300, from Anglo-French esclaundrer, Old French esclandrer, from esclandre (see slander (n.)). Related: Slandered; slandering; slanderer.

1. a vicious slander on the company's good name

對那家公司良好聲譽的惡意誹謗

來自《權威詞典》

2. The article is a slander on ordinary working people.

那篇文章是對普通勞動大眾的詆毀.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. You ought to kick back at such malicious slander.

你應當反擊這種惡毒的汙蔑.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. Alexander got a malignant slander.

亞曆山大受到惡意的誹謗.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. He threatened to go public with the slander.

他威脅要把醜聞宣揚出去.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》