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Meaning of 妖言惑众

Lookup via: Pinyin | Radicals
妖 yāo 言 yán 惑 huò 众 zhòng (Trad.: 妖言惑眾)
to mislead the public with rumors (idiom); to delude the people with lies
Example Sentences
1
我说
,
伙计
,
不要用你的生存本能妖言惑众了
。
Say, buddy, not to cast aspersions on your survival instincts or nothing.
2
这是在妖言惑众
,
是一个古老的为政府权力正名的中央集权主义诡辩
。
He dreamt this up to instill fear, an old statist trick to justify government power.
3
一名白宫官员认为
,
主导这些抗议的
,
是一场
“
精心安排的妖言惑众活动
”
。
White House official claims that the protests were the result of a "concerted viral whisper campaign".
4
但是
,
有一点非常重要
,
我们意识到人类的行为轻易地可以惹恼地球
,
他辩解说
,
“
这是严肃的科学
,
不是妖言惑众
。
”
But it's crucial that we consider just how easily our actions could provoke the planet, he argues. "It's serious science, not scaremongering."