
Xem thêm: disrepute, disgrace, disbelieve
discredit noun
ADJ. great
VERB + DISCREDIT bring, reflect By telling lies he brought discredit upon Parliament. Your failure reflects no discredit upon you?you did your best. | bring sth into, do sb She brought the whole system into discredit. It does us great discredit to treat foreigners so badly.
PREP. to sb's ~ His selfish decision is greatly to his discredit. | ~ to They were a discredit to their country.
n.
your actions will bring discredit to your name
because of the scandal the school has fallen into disrepute
v.
The paper discredited the politician with its nasty commentary
This newspaper story discredits the politicians