decry的词源

英文词源

decry (v.)

1610s, from French decrier (14c.; Old French descrier "cry out, announce"), from de- "down, out" (see de-) + crier "to cry," from Latin quiritare (see cry (v.)). In English, the sense has been colored by the presumption that de- in this word means "down."

中文词源

decry：强烈谴责

de-, 向下，强调。cry, 呼叫，呼喊。引申义呼吁，强烈谴责。

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