释义 |
speak ill of someone phrase formal or old-fashioned to say unkind things about someone: 说(某人)的坏话 I realize one shouldn't speak ill of the dead.我认识到不应该说死人的坏话。 I never heard her speak ill of anyone. He was the only person Alice ever spoke ill of, insisting he was a liar and a thief. I don't like speaking ill of my colleagues, but there are a lot of incompetent people working here. He is unusual in that he refuses to speak ill of the other candidates. See also
illadverb |