Deprecate

['deprɪkeɪt] or ['dɛprəket]

解釋/意思:

(verb.) belittle; 'The teacher should not deprecate his student's efforts'.

(verb.) express strong disapproval of; deplore.

伊莱錄入--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. t.) To pray against, as an evil; to seek to avert by prayer; to desire the removal of; to seek deliverance from; to express deep regret for; to disapprove of strongly.

錄入:萨姆纳

同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. Pray to be delivered from, seek deliverance from, try to avert by prayer, make entreaty against.

編輯:兰尼

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Disavow, disclaim, expostulate, intercede

ANT:Beg, supplicate, ask, entreat, request, imprecate, invoke

丹尼尔編輯

解釋/意思:

v.t. to try to ward off by prayer: to desire earnestly the prevention or removal of: to regret deeply: to argue against.—adj. Dep′recable that is to be deprecated.—n. Deprecā′tion act of deprecating earnest prayer esp. a special petition against some evil in litanies.—adv. Dep′recatingly.—adjs. Dep′recative Dep′recatory tending to avert evil by prayer: having the form of prayer.—n. Dep′recator.

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