毀誉褒貶

きよほうへん
praise and censure
public criticisms

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きよほうへん【毀誉褒貶】

praise and ［or］ blame ほめることと悪口を言うこと.

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きよほうへん【毀誉褒貶】

praise and [or] censure [blame]; various opinions about [appraisals of] sb; differing views.

●彼の業績については毀誉褒貶が激しい. There are fiercely differing views on his achievements.

●毀誉褒貶の多い人 a much-praised, much-maligned person.

●世の毀誉褒貶を意に介しない care for neither praise nor blame; be indifferent to public criticism; be deaf to the caprice of public opinion.

●その政治家については毀誉褒貶相半ばする. Public opinion of that politician is about evenly divided between praise and blame [approval and disapproval].