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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• To lose the plot can mean either to become angry and/ or exasperated to a fault, or in a derogatory if slightly outdated sense to mean someone who has become irrational and/ or acting ridiculously.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。
• Such conduct will be derogatory to his reputation.
  那样的行为将会毁损他的名誉。
• 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。
• A derogatory term for young, self-identifying goths who are not regarded as well-informed members of the subculture.
  指年轻的，自认为是的、不那么见多识广的哥特，带贬义。
• The trait of being effeminate ( derogatory of a man).
  像柔弱的女人一样的特征（用于对男子的贬损）。