They've been defaming us for years.是什么意思？

They've been defaming us for years.

多年来他们一直在中伤我们.

ve

abbr. Venezuela 委内瑞拉；

例句
Conclusion The TCD abnormity of VE occurs mainly in intracervical artery system.
结论病毒性脑炎脑血流动力学异常改变以颈内动脉系统为主.

been

v. 用来表示某人或某物即主语本身，用来表示某人或某物属于某一群体或有某种性质（ be的过去分词 ），在，存在，不受干扰，去过了，be的过去分词；

例句
Have you been able to have any kind of contact?...
你联系上了吗？

defaming

v. 诽谤，中伤( defame的现在分词 )；

例句
They've been defaming us for years.
多年来他们一直在中伤我们.

us

pron. 我们；

例句
Shakespeare has accustomed us to a mixture of humor and tragedy in the same play.
莎士比亚让我们习见了同一场戏目中的悲喜交错。

for

prep. 为，为了，倾向于，关于，当作；conj. 因为，由于；

例句
I've come looking for a bit of advice.
我特来讨教。

years

n. 年( year的名词复数 )，年纪，一年的期间，某年级的学生；

例句
His wife was sentenced to seven years imprisonment for aiding and abetting him...
他的妻子作为他的从犯被判入狱7年。