derogatory

英 [dɪˈrɒɡətri]

美 [dɪˈrɑːɡətɔːri]

adj.  贬低的; 贬义的

GRETEM8法律

BNC.19106 / COCA.17206

牛津词典

adj.

• 贬低的；贬义的
  showing a critical attitude towards sb
  1. derogatory remarks/comments
     贬斥的言辞 / 评论

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 贬低的;贬损的
  If you make aderogatoryremark or comment about someone or something, you express your low opinion of them.
  1. He refused to withdraw derogatory remarks made about his boss.
     他拒绝收回那些贬损老板的话。

英英释义

adj

• expressive of low opinion
  1. derogatory comments
  2. disparaging remarks about the new house
  Synonym:derogativedisparaging

双语例句

• Although somewhat derogatory, Westerners tend to use it without the derogatory connotations.
  尽管有些贬义，但西方学者却把它当成一个中性甚至是褒义词。
• We do not find the term "Canuck" derogatory, like Americans find "Yank" derogatory.
  我们并不觉得“加拿大佬”是个侮辱性的字眼，不想你们对“美国佬”那么敏感。
• A derogatory term for young, self-identifying goths who are not regarded as well-informed members of the subculture.
  指年轻的，自认为是的、不那么见多识广的哥特，带贬义。
• In fact, the concept of karma in Buddhism is neither commentary nor derogatory, but a neuter noun.
  从佛教业力的概念来看，实际上属于中性词，本无所谓褒贬。
• "Opera jokery" is a traditional derogatory term for actors.
  “戏子”就是传统上对演员的鄙称。
• It has a mocking meaning, but it's not necessarily derogatory, he said. Plus we think it'll stay around for a while, because in real life there really are these kind of people and therefore a need to describe them.
  它有点嘲弄意味，但不一定是贬义，他说，另外我们觉得它会长期存在，因为现实生活中真的存在这样的人，所以我们需要有个词来描述他们。
• A derogatory term used by Jews to refer to non-Jewish women.
  犹太人对非犹太女子的贬低的称呼。
• After years of parents giving their children silly names the Mexican state of Sonora released a list of of names that were banned for being derogatory, pejorative, discriminatory or lacking in meaning.
  经过了这些年父母给孩子取了不少蠢名字，墨西哥索诺拉州发布了一张取名名单，禁止取名贬义的、轻蔑的、有歧视的或贫穷的含义。
• In today's english, the word "oriental", when used to refer to a person, sounds old-fashioned at best and derogatory at worst.
  在今天的英语中，用“东方人”一词来指某人时，往好了说，听起来没有时代感，往坏了说，则有贬义。
• This word is slightly derogatory.
  这个词略带贬义。