derogatory

英 [dɪˈrɒɡətri]

美 [dɪˈrɑːɡətɔːri]

adj.  贬低的; 贬义的

GRETEM8法律

BNC.19106 / COCA.17206

牛津词典

adj.

• 贬低的；贬义的
  showing a critical attitude towards sb
  1. derogatory remarks/comments
     贬斥的言辞 / 评论

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 贬低的;贬损的
  If you make aderogatoryremark or comment about someone or something, you express your low opinion of them.
  1. He refused to withdraw derogatory remarks made about his boss.
     他拒绝收回那些贬损老板的话。

英英释义

adj

• expressive of low opinion
  1. derogatory comments
  2. disparaging remarks about the new house
  Synonym:derogativedisparaging

双语例句

• Monitor your online presence so that potential employers won't find anything derogatory about you.
  并要密切关注你在网络上的形象，这样可能存在的潜在雇主才不会发现任何贬低你的信息。
• In fact, the concept of karma in Buddhism is neither commentary nor derogatory, but a neuter noun.
  从佛教业力的概念来看，实际上属于中性词，本无所谓褒贬。
• Such conduct will be derogatory to his reputation.
  那样的行为将会毁损他的名誉。
• In today's english, the word "oriental", when used to refer to a person, sounds old-fashioned at best and derogatory at worst.
  在今天的英语中，用“东方人”一词来指某人时，往好了说，听起来没有时代感，往坏了说，则有贬义。
• In many people's minds, however, it is derogatory and becomes a synonym for feudal monarchy and the family rules, cardinal guides and preaching which lack humanity for complex historical reasons.
  “礼教”是中国特有的一种教育思想和教育模式，然而由于复杂的历史原因，在许多人心中它充满了贬义，成了封建专制和缺乏人性的家规、纲常与说教的代名词。
• To lose the plot can mean either to become angry and/ or exasperated to a fault, or in a derogatory if slightly outdated sense to mean someone who has become irrational and/ or acting ridiculously.
  所谓tolosetheplot可以指变得很生气或愤怒到了缺乏逻辑了，或者用于贬义可能有些过时了的意思表示某人没有理智、表现极为荒谬。
• We do not find the term "Canuck" derogatory, like Americans find "Yank" derogatory.
  我们并不觉得“加拿大佬”是个侮辱性的字眼，不想你们对“美国佬”那么敏感。
• I am not denying it or being derogatory, I am just pointing it out.
  我并没有否定或贬低他，我只是在指出事实。
• Although somewhat derogatory, Westerners tend to use it without the derogatory connotations.
  尽管有些贬义，但西方学者却把它当成一个中性甚至是褒义词。
• It has a mocking meaning, but it's not necessarily derogatory, he said. Plus we think it'll stay around for a while, because in real life there really are these kind of people and therefore a need to describe them.
  它有点嘲弄意味，但不一定是贬义，他说，另外我们觉得它会长期存在，因为现实生活中真的存在这样的人，所以我们需要有个词来描述他们。