词组 | damn with faint praise |
释义 | damn with faint praisev. phr.To express one's dislike or scorn for a piece of writing, music, scholarship, or art, by not saying anything directly against it, but praising it in such general terms that amount to condemnation. 对…冷漠地表示赞许,其实旨在贬低;明褒实贬。◆ When it comes to Milton scholarship, Stanley Fish is a master of damning the work of his colleagues with faint praise.谈到弥尔顿学者们的学术成就,斯坦利·菲什堪称对其同行们的成果明褒实贬的大师。 |
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