decry
问罪,声讨,质询,质问
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de·cried, de·cry·ing.
- : to speak disparagingly of; denounce as faulty or worthless; express censure of: She decried the lack of support for the arts in this country.
- : to condemn or depreciate by proclamation, as foreign or obsolete coins.
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Asked about the Democratic agenda moving through Congress, Wright didn't decry anything in particular, but said the majority didn't have “Texas values” in mind.
Several of the defense lawyers not only claim prosecutors have failed to make those cases, but they strongly decry the secretive one-judge grand jury process that led to the charges, a system unique to Michigan and rarely used in the state.
Again and again, various people in the crowd decry those who are actually trying to do the violent work of breaching the building that the mob is pushing to enter.
Democrats decried the campaign — which was to feature celebrities friendly to the president — as reelection propaganda.
If you talk to anyone familiar with film or TVs, you’ve probably heard them decry the seemingly ubiquitous inclusion of motion smoothing as the default setting on new TVs.
But their officers and shareholders do get hit up by the very same politicians who decry corporate involvement in politics.
So when Democrats decry money in politics are they really being serious, or are they just posturing?
Detractors will immediately decry “Republican Obstructionism” or “Tea Party instringence.”
The Prime Minister of Israel has been known to angrily decry anti-Israel incitement among Palestinians, and he is right to do so.
A growing chorus of voices has joined together to decry this idea.
Nothing—less than nothing; and yet you venture, upon your paltry experience, to lift up your voices and the sex.