disparage

英 [dɪˈspærɪdʒ]

美 [dɪˈspærɪdʒ]

v.  贬低; 轻视

过去分词：disparaged　过去式：disparaged　第三人称单数：disparages　现在分词：disparaging　

TOEFLGREIELTS法律

BNC.21837 / COCA.17289

牛津词典

verb

• 贬低；轻视
  to suggest that sb/sth is not important or valuable
  1. I don't mean to disparage your achievements.
     我并不想贬低你的成就。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 贬低;轻视
  If youdisparagesomeone or something, you speak about them in a way which shows that you do not have a good opinion of them.
  1. ...Larkin's tendency to disparage literature.
     拉金贬低文学的倾向
  2. The tax cut is widely disparaged by senators from both parties as a budget gimmick.
     两个党派的参议员们普遍对作为预算噱头的税收削减嗤之以鼻。

英英释义

verb

• express a negative opinion of
  1. She disparaged her student's efforts
  Synonym:belittlepick at

双语例句

• It is bad luck for Mr Gingrich that one of his former wives has been so willing to disparage his fitness for the presidency.
  倒霉的是，金里奇先生的前妻之一还十分乐意就金里奇对总统一职的适合程度贬损几句。
• I agree, but then he went on to say that government's role is not to disparage wealth, but to expand its reach.
  我同意这种说法，但他进而指出，政府的职责不是贬低财富，而是使更多人享有财富。
• The tax cut is widely disparaged by senators from both parties as a budget gimmick.
  两个党派的参议员们普遍对作为预算噱头的税收削减嗤之以鼻。
• Now I do not for a moment mean to disparage business.
  我无意贬低经商，只是说它不适合我。我做生意只是为了赚钱。
• The research on leisure should not disparage, ignore or repel popular and secular leisure.
  休闲研究不应贬损、忽视、拒斥大众化、世俗化的休闲。
• People used to disparage a comet as "a disaster star".
  过去人们贬称彗星为“扫帚星”。
• With that said Hung-chien could no longer disparage him.
  这样一说，鸿渐倒没法损他了。
• Amendments ix: the enumeration in the constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
  第九条：本宪法对某些权利的列举，不得被解释为否定或轻视由人民保留的其他权利。
• Temporal self-appraisal theory mentions that individuals tend to disparage the past self and compliment the present self, in order to maintain and enhance the present self-esteem.
  时间自我评价理论认为个体在对时间维度上的自我进行评价时，通常会贬低过去自我，使现在自我优于过去自我，以维护和提升现在的自尊。
• We must get rid of the bad habit of writers who like to disparage one another.
  我们必须清除文人相轻的坏习气。