deprecate
英['deprɪkeɪt]
美['dɛprəket]
- vt. 反对；抨击；轻视；声明不赞成
词态变化
第三人称单数: deprecates;过去式: deprecated;过去分词: deprecated;现在分词: deprecating;副词: deprecatingly;形容词: deprecating;
助记提示
1. pray => deprecate.
2. prec- (谐音“pray客”)-----祈祷客----祈祷、祈求的人。
中文词源
deprecate 强烈反对
de-, 向下，强调。-prec, 祈祷，词源同precatory, imprecate, pray. 原义为祈祷恶魔离开，强烈的憎恶，后词义通用化，强烈反对。
英文词源
- deprecate
- deprecate: see pray
- deprecate (v.)
- 1620s, "to pray against or for deliverance from," from Latin deprecatus, past participle of deprecari "to pray (something) away" (see deprecation). Meaning "to express disapproval" is from 1640s. Related: Deprecated, deprecating.
双语例句
- 1. As a lawyer, I would deprecate any sort of legal control on gene therapy at this stage.
- 作为律师，我会反对在现阶段对基因疗法进行任何形式的法律管制。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Some pacifists and all militarists deprecate social and political conflicts.
- 某些和平主义者和一切军国主义者都反对社会性和政治性的斗争.
来自辞典例句
- 3. I strongly deprecate the use of violence by the students.
- 我强烈反对学生们使用暴力.
来自互联网
- 4. Some of these, in turn , deprecate the term human resources as useless.
- 因此,其中也有些认为人力资源这个词语毫无用处.
来自互联网
- 5. The fashion now is to deprecate the positive contributions of Keynesian economics.
- 否认凯恩斯主义经济理论的积极贡献已成为当前的一种时尚.
来自互联网