denigrate

英 [ˈdenɪɡreɪt]

美 [ˈdenɪɡreɪt]

v.  诋毁; 诽谤; 贬低

现在分词：denigrating　过去分词：denigrated　过去式：denigrated　第三人称单数：denigrates　

GRE

Collins.1 / BNC.18711 / COCA.15041

牛津词典

verb

• 诋毁；诽谤；贬低
  to criticize sb/sth unfairly; to say sb/sth does not have any value or is not important
  1. I didn't intend to denigrate her achievements.
     我不是想贬低她的成绩。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 贬低;诋毁;侮辱
  If youdenigratesomeone or something, you criticize them unfairly or insult them.
  1. The amendment prohibits obscene or indecent materials which denigrate the objects or beliefs of a particular religion...
     该修正案对贬损某一宗教教物或信仰的淫秽或不雅内容予以禁止。
  2. The Canadian Supreme Court ruled that the State can ban pornographic images which 'denigrate women'.
     加拿大最高法院裁定国家有权查禁“侮辱女性”的色情图片。

双语例句

• "I demur to the demolition idea," said one elder." It will cause outsiders to denigrate our church. "
  “我反对这项拆除计划，”一个长老说，“它会引起外界诋毁我们的教会的。”
• We should not denigrate or give up on ourselves.
  不要作贱自己，也不要放弃自己。
• Everything we shut our eyes to, everything we run away from, everything we deny, denigrate or despise serves to defeat us in the end.
  凡是我们害怕面对、逃避、拒绝、贬低或蔑视的事物最终将击败我们。
• The amendment prohibits obscene or indecent materials which denigrate the objects or beliefs of a particular religion
  该修正案对贬损某一宗教教物或信仰的淫秽或不雅内容予以禁止。
• At the same time, the opposing Whig Party made use of OK to denigrate Van Buren's political mentor Andrew Jackson.
  同时，对立的辉格党用OK这个词诋毁范布伦的政治导师安德鲁杰克逊。
• If he asks why you deserve it, you give him examples of your hard work – but you don't denigrate your colleague.
  如果他问你为什么应该给你涨工资，你就向他列举自己努力工作的例子&但不要贬低你的同事。
• Parties may be more concerned to denigrate an opponent than with an attempt to convince electors of the virtues of their own policies.
  政党可能更关注诋毁对手而不是力图使选民相信他们自己政策的优点。
• And the claim is that when you choose this, in order to justify your decision, you denigrate the one you didn't choose.
  对这个行为的解释是，当你选这一粒时，为了表明你的选择是正确的，你会贬低第一次没选上的那粒。
• If I do not agree with'the nationalistic feeling of the Chinese people'then I must be trying to denigrate China.
  如果我不同意中国人民的民族主义感情，我就是在试图摸黑中国。
• And I never meant to denigrate Tony soprano.
  我也无意中伤东尼索波诺。