disparage
disparage 英 [dɪˈspærɪdʒ] 美 [dɪˈspærɪdʒ]
vt. 蔑视；毁谤
进行时:disparaging 过去式:disparaged 过去分词:disparaged 第三人称单数:disparages
- If you haven't got anything nice to say, then it's time to disparage someone. It means to belittle or degrade a person or idea.
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- vt. 蔑视；毁谤
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1. Both major political parties appear mired in the special interests that disparage openness and accountability and bend the rules of fairness and due process.
两个主要政党似乎陷入特殊利益，蔑视公开和问责，扭曲公平规则和正当程序。
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2. Never disparage feelings your friend or relative expresses, but point out realities and offer hope.
不要贬低你的朋友或亲戚表达的感情，但是指出事实并给予希望。
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3. Some try to disparage the free software movement by comparing our disagreement with open source to the disagreements of those radical groups.
有些人通过比较我们与开源运动的分歧和激进团体间的分歧，试图贬低自由软件运动。
- disparage (v.) early 14c., "degrade socially," from Old French desparagier (Modern French déparager) "reduce in rank, degrade, devalue, depreciate," originally "to marry unequally," and thus by extension the disgrace or dishonor involved in this, from des- "away" (see dis-) + parage "rank, lineage" (see peer (n.)). Sense of "belittle" first recorded 1530s. Related: Disparaged; disparaging; disparagingly.
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