英语词组damn someone or something with faint praise是什么意思，短语翻译、用法及例句-英语词组固定搭配大全

damn someone or something with faint praise praise someone or something so unenthusiastically as to imply condemnation.

☞ This expression comes from the poet Alexander Pope's 'Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot' (1735): 'Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer'.

2013The Age (Melbourne) Some commentators have damned the government with faint praise, saying there is 'not a lot that is wildly illogical' or admiring the changes' 'virtue in clarity' in terms of the 'plain English' titles.

词组	damn someone or something with faint praise
释义	damn someone or something with faint praise praise someone or something so unenthusiastically as to imply condemnation. ☞ This expression comes from the poet Alexander Pope's 'Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot' (1735): 'Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer'. 2013The Age (Melbourne) Some commentators have damned the government with faint praise, saying there is 'not a lot that is wildly illogical' or admiring the changes' 'virtue in clarity' in terms of the 'plain English' titles.
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