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

• We do not find the term "Canuck" derogatory, like Americans find "Yank" derogatory.
  我们并不觉得“加拿大佬”是个侮辱性的字眼，不想你们对“美国佬”那么敏感。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• ''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。
• "Opera jokery" is a traditional derogatory term for actors.
  “戏子”就是传统上对演员的鄙称。
• 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。