Disparagement
[dɪs'pærɪdʒmənt]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the act of speaking contemptuously of.
(noun.) a communication that belittles somebody or something.
校對:琳达--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) Matching any one in marriage under his or her degree; injurious union with something of inferior excellence; a lowering in rank or estimation.
(n.) Injurious comparison with an inferior; a depreciating or dishonoring opinion or insinuation; diminution of value; dishonor; indignity; reproach; disgrace; detraction; -- commonly with to.
整理:罗伯塔
同義詞及近義詞:
n. Depreciation, derogation, detraction, undervaluing, underrating, indignity, dishonor, disgrace, reproach, dispraise.
乔琳整理
例句/造句/用法:
- Why, as to _that_, my good friend, till I and my company have really acted there must be some guesswork; but I mean no disparagement to Julia. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- And in your disparagement of me at the same time. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- He alluded to Adrian, and spoke of him with that disparagement that the worldly wise always attach to enthusiasm. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Mr Flintwinch, after scraping his chin, and looking about with caustic disparagement of the Pig-Market, nodded to Arthur, and followed. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
校對:梅雷迪思