disparage

英 [dɪˈspærɪdʒ]

美 [dɪˈspærɪdʒ]

v.  贬低; 轻视

过去分词：disparaged　过去式：disparaged　第三人称单数：disparages　现在分词：disparaging　

TOEFLGREIELTS法律

BNC.21837 / COCA.17289

牛津词典

verb

• 贬低；轻视
  to suggest that sb/sth is not important or valuable
  1. I don't mean to disparage your achievements.
     我并不想贬低你的成就。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 贬低;轻视
  If youdisparagesomeone or something, you speak about them in a way which shows that you do not have a good opinion of them.
  1. ...Larkin's tendency to disparage literature.
     拉金贬低文学的倾向
  2. The tax cut is widely disparaged by senators from both parties as a budget gimmick.
     两个党派的参议员们普遍对作为预算噱头的税收削减嗤之以鼻。

英英释义

verb

• express a negative opinion of
  1. She disparaged her student's efforts
  Synonym:belittlepick at

双语例句

• Now do not for a moment mean to disparage business.
  如今，我一点也没有瞧不起做生意。
• People used to disparage a comet as "a disaster star".
  过去人们贬称彗星为“扫帚星”。
• Not only was I able to disparage their colour schemes but I could also play armchair psychologist and declare what it all meant.
  我不仅能够对他们的色彩方案指指点点，还能扮演一位纸上谈兵的心理学家，解读其中含义。
• I do not mean to disparage the creativity involved in food production.
  我并不是要贬低食品生产中所包含的创造力。
• The research on leisure should not disparage, ignore or repel popular and secular leisure.
  休闲研究不应贬损、忽视、拒斥大众化、世俗化的休闲。
• As a result of all sorts of reasons, people generally disparage and neglect the tacit knowledge and its function, but the tacit knowledge is actually the important understanding origin.
  由于种种原因，人们对缄默知识及其作用普遍贬低与忽视，但缄默知识却是认识的重要来源。
• Do not disparage anyone's contribution.
  不要贬低任何人的贡献。
• I agree, but then he went on to say that government's role is not to disparage wealth, but to expand its reach.
  我同意这种说法，但他进而指出，政府的职责不是贬低财富，而是使更多人享有财富。
• The left accuses it of ripping off taxpayers to save Wall Street, the right damns it as socialism; economists disparage its technicalities, political scientists its sweeping powers.
  左翼势力控诉该计划无异于抢劫纳税人的钱财去救助华尔街，右翼势力谴责该计划为社会主义运动；经济学家鄙视计划的学术性，政治科学家崇拜它横扫一切的强大威力。
• You disparage me, call me less than caesar?
  你蔑视我，我比不上凯撒？