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

• 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。
• A derogatory term used by Jews to refer to non-Jewish women.
  犹太人对非犹太女子的贬低的称呼。
• This word is slightly derogatory.
  这个词略带贬义。
• 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。
• Widely spread, though, liberalism was mainly used as a derogatory term by the Russians.
  此后，“自由主义”一词虽得到广泛传播，但在俄国主要是作为贬义词来使用。
• Such conduct will be derogatory to his reputation.
  那样的行为将会毁损他的名誉。
• My comment, I don't mean it as a derogatory sense, is that we don't have any All-Stars on our team.
  我的评论，但我并不意味着它作为贬义，是说，我们没有任何的全明星赛上我们的团队。
• 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。
• 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。
• Each drink Adam's apple once every move, his eyes on the derogatory about.
  每喝一口，喉结每动一次，眼睛就贬一下。