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

• Clive Bell defined "implication" of "form with implication" as "mysterious implication", which cannot be understood as derogatory sense.
  克莱夫·贝尔将“有意味的形式”中的“意味”界定为“神秘意味”，并不能视为贬义色彩上的神秘主义。
• ''nigger''is a derogatory term used to insult our ancestors.
  “黑鬼”是一个贬义词，用来侮辱我们的祖先的。
• Then I can sell myself in someway and gain money Whether that way be more or less derogatory.
  然后，我可以出售好歹并获得自己的钱，无论这种方式或多或少地贬低。
• After years of parents giving their children silly names the Mexican state of Sonora released a list of of names that were banned for being derogatory, pejorative, discriminatory or lacking in meaning.
  经过了这些年父母给孩子取了不少蠢名字，墨西哥索诺拉州发布了一张取名名单，禁止取名贬义的、轻蔑的、有歧视的或贫穷的含义。
• 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's a derogatory word.
  这是一个贬义词。
• 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。
• The term scholasticism then began to be used in a derogatory sense.
  任期士林，然后开始用在一个带有贬义色彩的意识。
• 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。