demonize

英 ['diːmənaɪz] 美 ['dimən,aɪz]
  • vt. 妖魔化;使…成为魔鬼

英文词源


demonize (v.)
1821, "to make into a demon" (literally or figuratively), from Medieval Latin daemonizare, from Latin daemon (see demon). Greek daimonizesthai meant "to be possessed by a demon." Related: Demonized; demonizing.

双语例句


1. Each side began to demonize the other.
双方都开始把对方妖魔化。

来自柯林斯例句

2. If he didn't have people like me to demonize, where would he be?
如果他不把我这样的人妖魔化, 他能怎么样 呢 ?

来自电影对白

3. Time and again, this issue has been used to divide and inflame - – and to demonize people.
这个问题一次又一次地被用来分裂和煽动——妖魔化人民.

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