derogatory

英 [dɪˈrɒɡətri]

美 [dɪˈrɑːɡətɔːri]

adj. 贬低的; 贬义的

GRE TEM8 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。
It's a derogatory word.
这是一个贬义词。
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To lose the plot can mean either to become angry and/ or exasperated to a fault, or in a derogatory if slightly outdated sense to mean someone who has become irrational and/ or acting ridiculously.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。
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。
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。
''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。
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。
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。
He refused to withdraw derogatory remarks made about his boss.
他拒绝收回那些贬损老板的话。