To vilify someone is to say or write bad things about them in public, over and over, to destroy how other people see them. It is much stronger than criticise. Criticising points at what someone did; vilifying attacks who they are, and usually unfairly — when a speaker says 'he has been vilified', they mean the attack went too far.

To vilify someonevilify一個人 is to say or write bad things about them in public, over and over就是公開一再說或寫他的壞話，to destroy how other people see them目的是要毀掉別人對他的印象。It is much stronger than criticise這個字比criticise（批評）強烈得多。Criticising points at what someone didcriticise針對的是這個人做了什麼；vilifying attacks who they arevilify攻擊的是這個人的為人，and usually unfairly而且通常不公平——when a speaker says 'he has been vilified'當有人說「he has been vilified」，they mean the attack went too far意思是這種攻擊已經過頭了。

It is a formal, written word: news reports, essays, court cases, speeches. In ordinary Taiwanese-student English you would more likely say 'people said terrible things about him'.

It is a formal, written word這是個正式的書面用字：news reports, essays, court cases, speeches常見於新聞報導、論說文、法庭案件、演講。In ordinary Taiwanese-student English對台灣學生來說平常寫英文，you would more likely say 'people said terrible things about him'比較可能會說「people said terrible things about him」。

The pattern is almost always passive — 'she was vilified in the media', 'vilified as a traitor' — because the interesting part is who was attacked, not who did the attacking. Spelling to note: vilify, vilified, vilifying, and it has ONE l.

The pattern is almost always passive這個字幾乎都用被動式——'she was vilified in the media', 'vilified as a traitor'像「she was vilified in the media」「vilified as a traitor」——because the interesting part is who was attacked因為重點是誰被攻擊，not who did the attacking不是誰在攻擊。Spelling to note拼字要注意：vilify, vilified, vilifyingvilify、vilified、vilifying，and it has ONE l而且只有一個l。