civil libel

例句：

1. 1. The newspaper published aseries of articles that were widely considered tobe civil libel.
   报纸发表了一系列文章，被普遍认为是民事诽谤。
2. 2. The defendantwas accused of civil libel for publishingfalse statements about the plaintiff.
   被告因发表关于原告的虚假声明而被控民事诽谤。
3. 3. The court ruled that thepublisher of the book was guilty of civillibel for defaming the author's reputation.
   法院裁定，该书的出版商因诽谤作者的声誉而犯有民事诽谤罪。