backbite 的 2 个定义
back·bit, back·bit·ten or back·bit; back·bit·ing.
- to attack the character or reputation of.
back·bit, back·bit·ten or back·bit; back·bit·ing.
- to speak unfavorably or slanderously of a person who is not present.
backbite 近义词
defame
更多backbite例句
- We are all friends; of course we are friends, and we all backbite each other and carry scandal and intrigue.
- Mrs. Portal talked scandal herself and enjoyed it, but she didn't backbite, which is the difference between good and ill nature.
- Backbite (Sir Benjamin), nephew of Crabtree, very conceited, and very censorious.
- Even as thou art scandalizing others, thine own nature is being abased, whilst those whom thou dost backbite remain the same.
- From these though descended our manners are mended,Though still we can grin and backbite!