pillory

英 ['pɪlərɪ] 美['pɪləri]

GRE畅通词汇

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

pillory 木枷，公开批评，抨击

来自古法语pilori,木枷，枷锁，可能来自拉丁语pila,柱子，词源同pillar,pole.原指在柱子上挂枷示众，引申词义公开批评，抨击。

pillory (n.): late 13c. (attested in Anglo-Latin from late 12c.), from Old French pilori "pillory" (mid-12c.), related to Medieval Latin pilloria, of uncertain origin, perhaps a diminutive of Latin pila "pillar, stone barrier" (see pillar), but OED finds this proposed derivation "phonologically unsuitable."
pillory (v.): c. 1600, from pillory (n.). Figurative sense of "expose publicly to ridicule or abuse" is from 1690s. Related: Pilloried.

1. She is pillory in the press for her extravagant parties.: 她的聚会十分铺张,新闻界对她大加揶揄.

2. The world mocks at it and sometimes puts one in the pillory for it.: 世人对它大加嘲笑,有时甚至由于它还把人送上颈手枷.