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

• He refused to withdraw derogatory remarks made about his boss.
  他拒绝收回那些贬损老板的话。
• ''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。
• 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。
• This word is slightly derogatory.
  这个词略带贬义。
• It has a mocking meaning, but it's not necessarily derogatory, he said. Plus we think it'll stay around for a while, because in real life there really are these kind of people and therefore a need to describe them.
  它有点嘲弄意味，但不一定是贬义，他说，另外我们觉得它会长期存在，因为现实生活中真的存在这样的人，所以我们需要有个词来描述他们。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。