Detract
[dɪ'trækt]
解释:
(v. t.) To take away; to withdraw.
(v. t.) To take credit or reputation from; to defame.
(v. i.) To take away a part or something, especially from one's credit; to lessen reputation; to derogate; to defame; -- often with from.
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同义词及反义词:
SYN:Lessen, deteriorate, depreciate, disparage, defame, decry, derogate,calumniate, scandalize, vilify, diminish
ANT:Augment, enhance, raise, increase
校对:玛克辛
解释:
v.t. to take away abate: to defame.—v.i. to take away reputation (with from): to reduce in degree: diminish.—ns. Detract′er -or:—fem. Detract′ress.—adv. Detract′ingly.—n. Detrac′tion depreciation: slander.—adjs. Detract′ive Detrac′tious Detract′ory tending to detract: derogatory.
编辑:洛娜
例句:
- Why should Gerald even dislike it, why did it seem to him to detract from his own dignity. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- That the music reproduced by a phonograph is not always of the highest order does not, in the least, detract from the interest and wonder of the instrument. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- When the truth of it could no longer be doubted, envy and vanity endeavoured to detract from its merit. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
- They roamed at large on the undulations of Egdon, but in numbers too few to detract much from the solitude. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- The matter added to facilitate spinning and weaving generally detracts from the appearance of the uncolored fabric, and also interferes with successful dyeing. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- It had given them a child; but it had not detracted from the personal attractions of my sister. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- I assure you that it has not detracted in the tiniest iota from your appearance. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- The condenser stood in a large cold-water cistern, and the weight of the masonry and the cistern greatly detracted from the boat’s buoyancy. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- But this detracted little from its interest, which lay in the excellent fuel it provided for newly kindled fervour. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
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