Picture someone standing in a position that allows them to judge — a committee, a board, a court, a church — and saying out loud, on the record, that you were in the wrong. Nobody is shouting. The force of it comes from who is speaking and from the fact that the words are written down and kept. Every use of censure is either that moment, or the piece of paper it leaves behind.
From the word’s history
The packet traces the word through Middle English and Old French to Latin censura, the censor's office or assessment, from censere, to weigh up, assess or judge. The modern word still sits on that: not a complaint, but a judgement made from a position of authority.
資料把這個字一路追到中古英語、古法文，再到拉丁文 censūra（監察官的職務或評定），源頭是動詞 censēre（衡量、評估、判斷）。今天的用法仍然踩在這個底子上：它不是抱怨，而是有位置的人做出的判定。
Wiktionary etymology supplied in this packet: Middle English censure, from Old French, from Latin censura, from censere (source_refs kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:632131278:24646 and :632155924:23320)
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