pillory

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英 [ˈpɪləri]

美 [ˈpɪləri]

是什么意思

颈手枷；

vt.

使受公众嘲笑；将…示众；给…上颈手枷；处…以枷刑

变形

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

英英释义

pillory[ 'piləri ]

n.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
v.
- expose to ridicule or public scorn
  同义词：gibbet
- punish by putting in a pillory
- criticize harshly or violently
  同义词：savagecrucify

学习怎么用

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

The world mocks at it and sometimes puts one in the pillory for 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(v.)

She was pilloried in the press for her extravagant parties.
她的聚会十分铺张，新闻界对她大加嘲弄。

权威例句

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Lectures at the Pillory: The Early American Execution Sermon
The digital pillory: media shaming of ‘ordinary' people for minor crimes
From Pillory to Penitentiary: The Rise of Criminal Incarceration in Early Massachusetts
FROM PILLORY TO GALLOWS: THE PUNISHMENT OF FORGERY IN THE AGE OF THE FINANCIAL REVOLUTION
Public Secrets: Sodomy and the Pillory in the Eighteenth Century and Beyond
Disclosure and compliance: The 'pillory' as an innovative regulatory instrument
The pillory, the precipice and the slippery slope: the profound effects of the UK's legal reform programme targeting EU migrants