1. words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another

2. an abusive attack on a person's character or good name

1. charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone;

   "The journalists have defamed me!"
   "The article in the paper sullied my reputation"
   

1.(口头的)诋毁，诽谤
slander is an untrue spoken statement about someone which is intended to damage their reputation.

e.g. Dr. Bach is now suing the company forslander...
巴赫博士目前正以诽谤罪起诉该公司。
e.g. Korea has been a target of threats and slanders from the major western powers.
朝鲜一直是西方主要大国威胁和诋毁的目标。

2.(口头)诽谤，中伤，诋毁
Toslander someone means to say untrue things about them in order to damage their reputation.

e.g. He has been questioned on suspicion of slandering the Prime Minister.
他由于涉嫌诽谤首相而受到了盘问。

1. 诽谤：李乔:安妮.寇特(Anne Coulter)的<>(Treason)刚刚出版,她的前一本书<>(slander)曾非常畅销. 我们也看好沃特.艾萨克森(Walter Isaacson)写的本杰明.富兰克林的传记,我们希望它能把大卫.麦库罗(David McCullough)<>(John Adams,

2. 毁谤：即无法请求精神上之损害赔偿,但某些特定侵权行为若符合侵害行为之态样,且附随有精神上损害时,则可请求精神上之损害赔偿,如:因言词造成他人精神上之损害,若其行为符合言词毁谤(slander)之要件,即可按言词毁谤之构成要件请求损害赔偿,

3. 口头诽谤：在英国普通法中,书面诽谤(Libel)在某种情况下可能构成犯罪,口头诽谤(slander)若非妨碍公共秩序(Breach of peace)则只可依民事侵权行为法请求损害赔偿.

• Vile slanders had been repeated..during that phone conversation about Robin's black eye.

  出自：R. Rendell

• The..slander actions which I shall..bring against some of my former acquaintances.

  出自：attrib.

• The cleverly orchestrated plot designed to slander and besmirch their memory.

  出自：S. Naipaul

a vicious slander on the company's good name

对那家公司良好声誉的恶意诽谤

The article is a slander on ordinary working people.

那篇文章是对普通劳动大众的诋毁.

You ought to kick back at such malicious slander.

你应当反击这种恶毒的污蔑.

Alexander got a malignant slander.

亚历山大受到恶意的诽谤.

He threatened to go public with the slander.

他威胁要把丑闻宣扬出去.

Mr. A charged Mr. B with bribery and Mr. B countercharged Mr. A with slander.

某甲控诉某乙受贿,而某乙反诉某甲诽谤.

He was the kind of person who would flatter you to your face, and then slander you behind your back.

他是那种当面胁肩谄笑.背地里造谣中伤的人.

No matter how they slander us, we will never give in.

不管他们怎样诽谤我们, 我们决不让步.

No man should reproach, revile, or slander another man.

人们不应羞辱, 辱骂, 或诽谤他人.

You won't slander the political consciousness of the people of Harlem.

你不会低估哈莱姆区人民的政治觉悟了.

You might as well slander Fred.

你对弗莱德无异是落井下石.

The article is a slander on us.

这篇文章是对我们的诽谤.

I gave my ear to what I now know was the malice of slander.

我过去听信了谣言,现在我知道那是恶意中伤.

That story about her is nothing but wicked slander!

关于她的传闻纯属恶意诽谤!

You speak continually against your brother and slander your own mother's son.

你坐着毁谤你的兄弟,谗毁你亲母的儿子.