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。
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。
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。
He refused to withdraw derogatory remarks made about his boss.
他拒绝收回那些贬损老板的话。
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。
To lose the plot can mean either to become angry and/ or exasperated to a fault, or in a derogatory if slightly outdated sense to mean someone who has become irrational and/ or acting ridiculously.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。
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）。
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。
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。
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。