detract
detract 英 [dɪˈtrækt] 美 [dɪˈtrækt]
v. 贬低
进行时:detracting 过去式:detracted 过去分词:detracted 第三人称单数:detracts 名词复数:detracts
- If you detract from something — like an achievement or an opinion or an object — you take away some of its value or diminish it. That dent in the door of your car may detract from its overall value.
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- v. 贬低
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1. That does not detract from his merit.
那没有贬低他的功绩。
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2. They could detract little from so solid an argument.
他们从这如此坚实的论证中几乎挑不出一点儿毛病
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3. Her tattered clothes in no way detracted from her beauty.
她的破衣烂衫丝毫没有影响她的美貌。
- detract (v.) early 15c., from Middle French détracter, from Latin detractus, past participle of detrahere "to take down, pull down, disparage" (see detraction). Related: Detracted; detracting.
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