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pillory

ˈpɪləri

核心义 AI

颈手枷；使…当众受辱

释义 AI

n.
  1. 1颈手枷（旧时刑具）
    a wooden frame with holes for the head and hands, used in the past to punish and publicly humiliate someone
    The thief was put in the pillory in the town square.
    那个小偷被戴上颈手枷，在城镇广场示众。
v.
  1. 1使…当众受辱，公开嘲笑
    to criticize or laugh at someone publicly, especially in a harsh way
    The press pilloried the politician for his scandal.
    媒体公开嘲笑那位政客的丑闻。
  2. 2将…上颈手枷示众
    to punish someone by putting them in a pillory
    In the old days, criminals were pilloried for minor offenses.
    在过去，轻罪犯会被戴上颈手枷示众。

例句 AI

The corrupt official was pilloried in the newspapers.
那位腐败官员在报纸上遭到公开抨击。自然
He was pilloried by the media for his controversial remarks.
他因有争议的言论遭到媒体公开羞辱。场景
The pillory was a common punishment in medieval Europe.
颈手枷是中世纪欧洲常见的刑罚。自然
After the scandal, she was pilloried in the press for weeks.
丑闻发生后，她连续几周在媒体上被公开羞辱。场景

搭配 AI

pillory sb in the press在媒体上公开抨击某人
be pilloried for sth因某事而受公开羞辱
put sb in the pillory将某人戴上颈手枷
pillory a politician公开抨击政客

句型 AI

pillory sb for sth
因某事公开抨击某人
The critics pilloried the director for his latest film.
评论家们公开抨击那位导演的最新电影。

语域与场景 AI

正式用语，多用于书面语和新闻中，指公开批评或羞辱。现代用法多用于比喻，表示“使…当众受辱”。历史语境中指“颈手枷”这种刑具。英美用法无显著差异。

近义词辨析 AI

ridicule普通用词，指嘲笑、奚落，不一定公开
mock指模仿或嘲弄，语气较轻
humiliate强调使丢脸、受辱，不一定是公开的
condemn指强烈谴责，但不一定公开嘲笑

反义词 AI

praise公开赞扬，与公开羞辱相反
honor给予荣誉，与羞辱相对

易混词 AI

pillow枕头，拼写相近但意义完全不同
pillar柱子，拼写相近，注意区分

常见错误 AI

✕ He was pilloried by the public for his mistake.
✓ He was pilloried for his mistake.
pillory 本身已含“公开”之意，无需再加 by the public

词形变化

pilloried过去式 / 过去分词
pillorying现在分词
pillories复数 / 第三人称单数

词族 AI

pilloriedadj.被公开羞辱的

助记 AI

pillory 谐音“劈了里”，想象犯人被绑在颈手枷上，众人围观嘲笑，像被“劈”开一样丢脸。

词源与构词 AI

源自中世纪拉丁语 pillorium，可能来自拉丁语 pila（柱子），指一种带孔的柱子刑具。

词频与标签

当代语料词频第 27,004 位少见
BNC 词频第 22,989 位少见
柯林斯星级—
牛津 3000—
考试大纲GRE

词频排名越小越常用；柯林斯 5 星最常用。数据来自 ECDICT 词典，短语没有词频排名。

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