opprobrium
noun /əˈprəʊbriəm/
/əˈprəʊbriəm/
[uncountable] (formal)- severe criticism of a person, country, etc. by a large group of people
(众人的)谴责,责难,抨击 - The bombing has attracted international opprobrium.
爆炸引起了国际社会的谴责。 - The government did not deserve the opprobrium heaped on it by the national press.
政府不应该受到国家媒体的指责。
词源mid 17th cent.: from Latin, literally ‘infamy’, from opprobrum, from ob- ‘against’ + probrum ‘disgraceful act’. - The bombing has attracted international opprobrium.