The committee voted to censure the senator for his misconduct.
委员会投票谴责了这位参议员的不当行为。
Throughout history, governments have used censure as a formal mechanism to express disapproval without resorting to outright removal from office.
纵观历史,各国政府一直将谴责作为一种正式机制,用以表达不满,而无需诉诸直接免职。
简·奥斯汀(Jane Austen)在《傲慢与偏见》(Pride and Prejudice, 1813)中使用了该词,人物之间常以 censure 表达对他人行为的不满与评判。
亚历山大·蒲柏(Alexander Pope)在《批评论》(An Essay on Criticism, 1711)中写道:"'Tis hard to say, if greater want of skill / Appear in writing or in judging ill; / But, of the two, less dangerous is th' offence / To tire our patience, than mislead our sense: / Some few in that, but numbers err in this, / Ten censure wrong for one who writes amiss."