If someone is pilloried, a lot of people, especially journalists, criticize them and make them look stupid.
例句
A man has been forced to resign as a result of being pilloried by some of the press.一人因為受到一些媒體的抨擊已被迫辭職。
N-COUNT
頸手枷（歐洲舊時用以將罪犯示眾的刑具）
A pillory is a wooden frame with holes for the head and hands. In Europe in former times criminals were sometimes locked in a pillory as a form of punishment.
英漢詞典釋義
vt.
使受公眾嘲笑,將…示眾
He was pilloried, but she escaped without blemish.他受到公眾的批評，她卻名聲未損地得以逃脫。
英英詞典釋義
Noun
1. a wooden instrument of punishment on a post with holes for the neck and hands; offenders were locked in and so exposed to public scorn
Verb
1. expose to ridicule or public scorn
2. punish by putting in a pillory
3. criticize harshly or violently;
"The press savaged the new President""The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage"