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name and shame
idiommainly UK
to publicly say that a person, group, or business has done something wrong: 公开指责
The report names and shames companies that are not doing enough to fight industrial pollution.这篇报道公开抨击那些未尽力制止工业污染的公司。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Damaging reputation
anti-defamation
aspersion
besmirch
black mark
blacken
blot
defamatory
defame
demonize
dog
drag someone's name through the mire/mudidiom
hatchet job
scurrilous
scurrilously
self-immolation
show someone in a bad lightidiom
slander
slur
smear
tarnish
name and shame | Business English
name and shame
verb[ T ]
ukus
to say publicly that a person, company, etc. has behaved in a bad or illegal way:
MEPs called for the auditors to name and shame the countries guilty of misusing EU funds.
name and shame
adjective[ before noun ]
ukus
(alsoname-and-shame)
relating to the activity of saying publicly that a person, company, etc. has behaved in a bad or illegal way:
It is disappointing to see these two banks, with all their resources, on the name-and-shame list.
This newspaper does not operate a name-and-shame policy.
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