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to say vile things about ; to defame 나쁜 점을 말하다 ; 비방하다, 헐뜯다

• The teacher was reprimanded for _____ing the slow student in front of the rest of the class.
  학급 아이들 앞에서 성적이 부진한 학생을 헐뜯은 것 때문에, 선생님은 징계를 당했다.
• Our taxi driver paused briefly on the way to the airport in order to _____ the driver of the car that had nearly forced him off the road.
  우리를 태우고 공항으로 가던 택시 운전사는 우리가 탄 택시를 거의 도로 밖으로 밀어낼 듯이 바짝 붙이고 달린 운전자를 욕하기 위해 잠깐 동안 멈추었다.
• The political debate was less a debate than a _____cation contest. At first the candidates took turns saying nasty things about one another ; then they stopped taking turns.