denigrate 英 [ˈdenɪgreɪt]   美 [ˈdɛnɪˌɡret]

denigrate

denigrate  英 [ˈdenɪgreɪt] 美 [ˈdɛnɪˌɡret]

vt. 诋毁;使变黑;玷污 

进行时:denigrating  过去式:denigrated  过去分词:denigrated  第三人称单数:denigrates  名词复数:denigrates 

Would you yell at a client, denigrate him to others or call him at home at all hours? 你会对着客户大吼、当着别人的面诋毁他或是不分时候往他家打电话么?
One time I happened to use the word denigrate onstage, and it didn’t get any reaction. 有一次在台上我碰巧用到诋毁这个词,它没有引起任何的反应。

  • To denigrate is to say bad things — true or false — about a person or thing. Your reputation as a math whiz might be hurt if your jealous classmate manages to denigrate you, even though the accusations are unfounded.
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  • vt. 诋毁;使变黑;玷污
  • 1. Would you yell at a client, denigrate him to others or call him at home at all hours?

    你会对着客户大吼、当着别人的面诋毁他或是不分时候往他家打电话么?

  • 2. One time I happened to use the word denigrate onstage, and it didn’t get any reaction.

    有一次在台上我碰巧用到诋毁这个词,它没有引起任何的反应。

  • 3. There is nothing worse, for most children, than for their parents to denigrate each other.

    对于大多数孩子来讲,没有什么比父母彼此诋毁,更加伤害孩子了。

  • denigrate (v.) 1520s, from Latin denigratus, past participle of denigrare "to blacken, defame," from de- "completely" (see de-) + nigr-, stem of niger "black" (see Negro). which is of unknown origin. "Apparently disused in 18th c. and revived in 19th c." [OED]. Related: Denigrated; denigrating.
deni·grate / ˈdenɪɡreɪt ; NAmE ˈdenɪɡreɪt / verb denigratesb/sth ( formal) to criticize sb/sth unfairly; to say sb/sth does not have any value or is not important 诋毁;诽谤;贬低 SYN belittle I didn't intend to denigrate her achievements. 我不是想贬低她的成绩。 deni·gra·tion / ˌdenɪˈɡreɪʃn ; NAmE ˌdenɪˈɡreɪʃn / noun [uncountable ] denigrate denigrates denigrated denigrating deni·grate / ˈdenɪɡreɪt ; NAmE ˈdenɪɡreɪt / deni·gra·tion / ˌdenɪˈɡreɪʃn ; NAmE ˌdenɪˈɡreɪʃn /
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