| 词汇 | damn-with-faint-praise |
| 语种 | 英语、汉语、英汉翻译、汉英翻译 |
| 释义 | damn with faint praiseidiom to praise someone or something so little or with so little enthusiasm that it suggests you do not really admire them: 有些口不应心地赞许…;对…明褒实贬 Of course, to say a restaurant isn't as bad as you thought it would be is to damn with faint praise. Some critics, while respecting his previous work, will damn his new ideas with faint praise. He appeared in his interview to damn his colleague with faint praise. Disapproving & criticizing anathematize animadversion aspersion aw backbite barrel bash belabour boo disapprobation excoriate knocker let someone have both barrelsidiom low blow mordacious mordancy nitpicker pile slam union-basher |
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